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Immigration and the Environment


Immigration Issue Centers : Environment

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The Population-Environment ConnectionDescribing the disjoint between environmental priorities and immigration fueled population growth.

Freshwater Limits - Aquifers are being depleted as population grows. 

Urban Sprawl - Farmland, forests, and other open space is being lost to urban population settlement.

Traffic Congestion - More immigration means more congested highways.

Population Growth Updated!  - Immigration adds more than half of the annual U.S. population increase, while communities struggleing to provide services to existing residents. 

More is Not Necessarily Better - As an area becomes more populated, its infrastructure starts straining under the weight of all the new people who must be served. Police forces, roads, and schools no longer satisfy the demands of a growing population, and farmland and forests are sacrificed to strip malls and housing developments.

Environmentalists Support Immigration Reform - The key to controlling environmental damage is to stabilize our population a size sustainable by our environment and natural resources--but high immigration is working at odds with efforts to keep overpopulation under control.

Rating Environmental Groups on Immigration - Environmentalists agree that population growth is a serious issue. But how do they respond when Census Bureau data shows that two-thirds of U.S. population growth is due to immigration?

Environmental Impact - We won't be able to meet today's environmental priorities if our population continues to grow at the staggering rates created by mass immigration.

Q&A on the Environmental Connection - How does large-scale immigration impact population growth, water and energy supplies, urban sprawl, and other environmental issues?

 



 

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