The United States loses about 1.5 million acres every year (roughly a football field every 30 seconds). Population growth is responsible for most of that loss. With federal immigration policies driving nearly all of projected population growth, Congress and the president have an opportunity every day to stop the destruction of habitats and animals brought about by our own increasing numbers.
Americans are tired of the downstream effects of unsustainable population growth, and support reducing immigration to ease congestion, crowding, and development over America's open spaces. This is true across the nation but one state in particular is waking up to just how out of step its leaders are with the public.
A conversation with Rob Montz, filmmaker, and CEO of Good Kid Productions, and Roy Beck, author of Back of the Hiring Line
Politicians and editorial boards in drought-stricken states continue to welcome and even champion high immigration rates that drive up the population. The growth didn't cause the water crisis, but it is exasperating the consequences.
In her review of Roy Beck's Back of the Hiring Line for American Affairs, Pamela Denise Long urges her readers to look at the history of great waves of immigration through the eyes of "one of our nation's oldest citizen groups, American Freedmen."
A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit may proceed against the Biden administration for violating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to provide an environmental impact analysis of its border policies.
Polling shows that large majorities of Americans say it is important to have ready access to open space, and that we feel spiritually and emotionally rejuvenated by the time we spend in natural areas. Each day in America, an estimated 6,000 acres of open space is developed. The Census Bureau projects the U.S. population will add 75 million people by the Year 2060, with roughly 90 percent of that growth resulting from immigration.
If the idea of booking a timed-entry reservation to experience the splendor of America's wild spaces seems like something out of a dystopian science fiction fantasy, the future is here. The national park system has grown significantly over its 150-year history, but the demand for access has grown faster. How is mass immigration going to help?
Using immigration to grow the economy is a short-term vision with long-term consequences, some of which we're just beginning to pay attention to.
As development consumes farmland to accommodate more people, the demand for food also grows. America's capacity to provide basic resources (water, food, fiber) to its citizens is on a collision course with its population growth. Beyond the short term, however, they can only hope to slow the loss of farmland growth — not stop it — if the national population continues to increase by more than two million people each year.
In the long-term, federal immigration policy is projected to drive nearly all future population growth. Thus, the ultimate fate of American agriculture is in the hands of federal policy makers
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