The Endangered Species Act remains a vital safeguard against extinction. But it cannot, on its own, compensate for the impacts of perpetual human expansion. If conservation begins only after species are already in decline, the options for recovery will likely be extremely limited.
By admin
As if to say “we’ll mean it tomorrow, we don’t mean it now,” each of these were sold as a way to “wipe the slate clean,” only to yield bigger problems. The more often the government rewards law-breaking, the less credible the law. The world notices.
In 2026, NumbersUSA is revisiting the subject of sprawl in California. Preliminary analysis suggests 93% of sprawl in recent decades in the state has been caused by immigration-driven population growth.
By Jeremy Beck
Hamideh Soleimani Afshar came to the U.S. on a tourist visa in 2015, claimed asylum in 2019 and received a green card in 2021. While in the U.S., she promoted Iranian regime propaganda, celebrated attacks on American soldiers, and denounced the United States as the “Great Satan.”
By Admins
Lionel Shriver’s new novel “A Better Life” is both engaging fiction and a provocative thought experiment. It invites reflection on who bears the costs of immigration policies, and whether those costs are being equitably shared. For that reason, it comes highly recommended — as an absorbing novel and as a book worth sharing.
By Joe Jenkins
The H-1B Wage Gap THE H-1B WAGE GAP How the H-1B Program Undercuts American Workers Source: George J. Borjas, NBER Working Paper No. 34793 (Revised March 2026) KEY FINDING H-1B workers earn 15% less than comparable American workers – generating payroll savings exceeding $100,000 per hire over a six-year visa term. This is after controlling … Continued
As more people move into the Chesapeake Bay region, development has turned forests, farms and other landscapes into subdivisions, shopping centers and parking lots. As more people have moved in, the health of the Bay has, inevitably, declined.
Over the past twenty-five years, NumbersUSA has published numerous scientific reports on the causes and consequences of sprawl in the United States. Our most recent study quantifies ecological decline in the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed over the past three decades. Looking forward, we explore a path toward ecological sustainability centered on stabilizing the region’s population through reduced immigration.
Despite half a century of efforts to improve water quality and restore fisheries in America’s Chesapeake Bay, its ecological health continues to decline. A new study from NumbersUSA quantifies this ecological decline within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, explores its causes, and discusses possible futures.
