What is, and where is, the American Dream for you?
Is it Rural? Urban? Suburban? I offer that it doesn't matter. "Better, richer, and happier" can happen in all three so long as we preserve our ability to choose which lifestyle we want. Many economic and social factors can affect our lifestyle choices. But how often does one consider the additional effects of immigration-driven population growth on limiting choice?
Rocky Mountain High, written about the natural beauty of his beloved adopted state, is one of John Denver's most recognizable songs. A staunch conservationist during his life, one wonders what Denver would have to say today about rapidly disappearing open space in Colorado.
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia was right to say Vice President Kamala Harris was “dead wrong” when she farcically said that the U.S. southern border was secure. But Manchin’s amnesty-first approach won’t solve anything. There is plenty of legislation he can back if he really wants a secure border.
Immigration numbers must be a factor in policy decisions to ensure on-shore renewal of manufacturing jobs from the CHIPS and Inflation Reduction Acts go to American workers first.
National security involves many things, including domestic food security. That is becoming increasingly more difficult as immigration policy is driven by the premise that the United States needs to add as many people as possible as quickly as possible.
Immigration-driven population growth and its secondary pressure on state-to-state migration is leading to further development over habitat and further endangering already beleaguered wildlife.
The U.S. needs more immigrants, many more, to "grow the economy" we are constantly being told by economic "experts." We don't want to be like Japan, they say. Yet, Japan scores much higher than the U.S. on most economic indicators, including its ability to avoid the high inflation gripping the U.S. and the E.U.
No one can logically argue that the quality of life, long-term economic stability, and the health of the environment will not worsen if the current level of migration into the United States continues. And, yet, the Biden Administration is intent on letting in even more people, legally or not.
The NumbersUSA National Sprawl Study shows that over 68,000 acres of open space was lost to development from 1982-2017, 67% of that loss due to population growth. Driving that growth and subsequent sprawl is the level of immigration to the U.S. Reducing immigration is the most effective way to preserve open spaces and ensure food security for the American people.
Minors are being trafficked across the border by violent cartels who are making enormous profits due to policies implemented by DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas. Abuse, assault, and neglect of children are commonplace. And there is a long list of NGOs who are facilitating all of this while claiming they are only there to "help."