From California’s disappearing open spaces to Arizona’s shrinking water supplies and America’s housing affordability challenges, recent developments underscore the importance of considering federal immigration policy in environmental and economic policy. Americans are increasingly concerned about housing costs, water availability, and the loss of natural landscapes to development. Although these issues are often treated separately, they … Continued
“How big do we want to be?” Mass immigration is the determining factor in the size of our country, the amount of infrastructure that must be built, resources to be used, and quality of life that we live.
The right whale is struggling to survive because of ongoing ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear. With only about 380 left, right whales are one of the most endangered animals on Earth.
If current trends continue, the Colorado River system will lose its remaining resilience to withstand further dry periods. The combination of declining flows and rising demand threatens the region’s rivers, wetlands, fish, and wildlife.
Wildlife conflicts are not as much the result of animals encroaching on humans, but of people expanding into wildlife space. Human population growth narrows migration corridors, reduces buffer zones, and displaces habitat. As a result, encounters that once would have occurred deep in forests or remote valleys now happen in neighborhoods and school zones.
From an infrastructure perspective, total wastewater load rises as population increases. The duration of high-flow stress, peak flows during wet weather, and cumulative fatigue on aging pipes all increase, reducing safety margins. As pipes approach — and sometimes exceed — their operating limits, sewer systems become more vulnerable to structural failures.
A pronounced slowdown in net immigration (legal and illegal) has slowed population growth, eased housing demand, and made rents more affordable in several markets.
Road salt causes long-term water contamination. Mass immigration expands roads and salt use. Population growth makes the damage unavoidable.
The border is secure and illegal migration is down. So, do we still need to be concerned about immigration? The answer is an emphatic yes.
