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Date June 20, 2026

The Housing Fix That Makes Sprawl Worse

Housing advocates often focus on increasing supply, but demand matters too. With immigration now driving most U.S. population growth, millions of additional homes will be needed in coming decades. Accommodating that growth could require more than a million acres of new development, increasing pressure on farmland, wildlife habitat, and natural resources.

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Date June 19, 2026

Water Demand Is Overwhelming Efforts to Save the Great Salt Lake

Utah's billion-dollar effort to save the Great Salt Lake highlights a growing environmental challenge. Conservation programs can increase water supplies, but immigration-driven population growth also drives demand for housing, infrastructure, and water, making it difficult for those gains to keep pace.

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Date June 17, 2026

Immigration Amendments to S. 2: How the Senate Voted

On June 5, 2026, the Senate passed S. 2, the Secure America Act, by a vote of 52-47. (The House passed S. 2 by a narrow 214-212 margin on June 9.)  Before final passage, senators offered a long list of amendments to the bill on the Senate floor. Eleven immigration-related amendments received a recorded roll-call … Continued

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Date June 14, 2026

49% Decline in Migratory Species as Mass Immigration Demands Habitat

Nearly half of protected migratory species are now in decline. Conservation efforts can restore habitat, but those gains are increasingly offset by development pressures associated with immigration-driven population growth, making it harder to protect the connected landscapes migratory birds need to survive.

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Date June 10, 2026

The Gang of Eight Bill (S. 744): Forty Years of Broken Promises

What “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” Actually Delivered – and Why Its Enforcement Promises Could Never Be Kept More than a decade later, the 2013 “Gang of Eight” bill – the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S. 744 – is still invoked as the model for what “comprehensive immigration reform” should look like. Its … Continued

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Date June 9, 2026

Congress Slips Massive Guest Worker Expansion Into DHS Appropriations Bill — While Teens Face the Worst Summer Job Market Since 1948

American teenagers are living through the worst summer job market in nearly eighty years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 219,000 fewer teenagers employed this May compared to last May. Teen unemployment has climbed to 14.7% – more than three times the national rate. The outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas projects just 790,000 teen … Continued

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Date May 28, 2026

The West Is Getting Drier — And Mass Immigration Makes It Worse

The West’s water crisis is not just a supply problem. As immigration-driven demand continues to rise, policymakers must confront the growing strain on finite water resources.

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Date May 27, 2026

Mass Immigration and America’s Growing Farmland Crisis

Congress is investing more resources in farmland conservation, yet agricultural land continues to disappear beneath expanding subdivisions, roads, and infrastructure. Because immigration now accounts for most U.S. population growth, meaningful farmland preservation must include a conversation about how immigration policy influences housing demand and land use.

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Date May 25, 2026

America’s Housing Crisis Has a Population Problem

Housing affordability is usually discussed as a supply problem, but demand matters as well. As immigration becomes the primary driver of U.S. population growth, millions of additional households increase competition for housing, putting upward pressure on rents and home prices.

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