Immigration's threat to America's future
Norm³©®
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (LETTER)
Immigration's threat to America's future
Brenda Walker, West Coast representative
Project USA
August 23, 2001
Berkeley, Calif. -- The recent Tribune series of editorials on immigration
has been thoughtful yet remains mired in the sentimental view of immigration
as a historical American icon. Any examination of immigration should face
the hard facts of how it impacts America's future rather than dwell on some
mythical past.
Politicians and pundits alike assume that U.S. population can grow endlessly
with no damage to environmental systems or Americans' quality of life. Sadly
there are few leaders willing to call this idea a delusion. Vital resources
like water supply are diminishing because of our irresponsible addiction to
unsustainable population growth as we live beyond our environmental means.
Like a "Roadrunner" cartoon, we have run off the edge of a cliff but haven't
quite noticed our predicament yet.
The 2000 census revealed how rapidly immigration is causing our population
to skyrocket. The equivalent of another California has been added to the
nation--32 million people--since 1990. Demographers calculate that
immigration is now the determining factor in causing America's rapid
population growth--immigrants and their U.S.-born children accounted for
more than two-thirds of population growth in the last decade.
From the viewpoint of the environment, an increased number of Americans is a
disaster, given our excessive resource use. Environmentalists too
politically correct to mention immigration advocate reducing wasteful
consumption--an admirable idea in itself--with no reduction in imported
population growth.
But given the near-doubling of U.S. population (now 285 million) that is
coming by mid-century, Americans would need to halve individual consumption
just to stay even with today's pollution output.
How likely is that?
The social fabric is strained as well. The normal tendency of people to want
to live around others with the same culture creates insular,
non-assimilating communities, a facet of human nature we ignore at our
peril. In cities like Miami and Los Angeles, an immigrant no longer needs to
learn English to get a job because the Spanish-speaking community is so
large. Assimilation to the American community is decreasing and portends
political instability as well as possible violence.
The false generosity of the government toward immigrants comes at a high
cost to those least able to bear it--America's own working poor. The
oversupply of Mexican labor in the 1990s reduced the wages of workers
without a high school education by an estimated 5 percent, according to a
recent study from the Center for Immigration Studies. This during the
nation's longest-ever period of economic growth. And now? The economy is
sinking but President Bush still plans an amnesty for millions of Mexicans
illegally residing in the U.S., although the actual word has been scrapped
in favor of a less offensive euphemism like "regularization."
Any further loosening of immigration law enforcement will certainly
encourage still more illegal entry.
But real problems in areas of natural resources, social cohesion and
economic fairness clearly indicate a substantial reduction, not an increase,
in immigration for the long-term. Our responsibility to future generations
should make us recognize the limits we face.
Copyright © 2001, Chicago Tribune
Bloody Viking
Norm³©® (sto...@nospamgate.net) wrote:
: Politicians and pundits alike assume that U.S. population can grow endlessly
: with no damage to environmental systems or Americans' quality of life. Sadly
: there are few leaders willing to call this idea a delusion. Vital resources
: like water supply are diminishing because of our irresponsible addiction to
: unsustainable population growth as we live beyond our environmental means.
Exactly a good point to make. No matter how you slice it, we MUST shut the
valve tight.
: Like a "Roadrunner" cartoon, we have run off the edge of a cliff but haven't
: quite noticed our predicament yet.
Worse, we set ourselves up for a "Bladerunner" future.
: The 2000 census revealed how rapidly immigration is causing our population
: to skyrocket. The equivalent of another California has been added to the
: nation--32 million people--since 1990. Demographers calculate that
: immigration is now the determining factor in causing America's rapid
: population growth--immigrants and their U.S.-born children accounted for
: more than two-thirds of population growth in the last decade.
Again, we MUST shut the valve. In fact, we must plant land mines along the
border. This method is really un-PC. It sure sucks but we must do it up. We
literally have no choice. Planting landmines is the only way you can shut the
valve on immigration.
We must shut the immigration inlet valve tight. For good. We have no choice.
: From the viewpoint of the environment, an increased number of Americans is a
: How likely is that?
: Copyright © 2001, Chicago Tribune
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"Bloody Viking" <nos...@ripco.com> wrote in message
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> Norm³©® (sto...@nospamgate.net) wrote:
>
> : Politicians and pundits alike assume that U.S. population can grow
endlessly
> : with no damage to environmental systems or Americans' quality of life.
Sadly
> : there are few leaders willing to call this idea a delusion. Vital
resources
> : like water supply are diminishing because of our irresponsible addiction
to
> : unsustainable population growth as we live beyond our environmental
means.
>
> Exactly a good point to make. No matter how you slice it, we MUST shut the
> valve tight.
^^^^
>
> : Like a "Roadrunner" cartoon, we have run off the edge of a cliff but
haven't
> : quite noticed our predicament yet.
>
> Worse, we set ourselves up for a "Bladerunner" future.
>
> : The 2000 census revealed how rapidly immigration is causing our
population
> : to skyrocket. The equivalent of another California has been added to the
> : nation--32 million people--since 1990. Demographers calculate that
> : immigration is now the determining factor in causing America's rapid
> : population growth--immigrants and their U.S.-born children accounted for
> : more than two-thirds of population growth in the last decade.
>
> Again, we MUST shut the valve. In fact, we must plant land mines along the
^^^^
> border. This method is really un-PC. It sure sucks but we must do it up.
We
> literally have no choice. Planting landmines is the only way you can shut
the
> valve on immigration.
^^^^
>
> We must shut the immigration inlet valve tight. For good. We have no
choice.
^^^^
Norm³©®
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James Donovan
Gee wiz lind mines at the border? The wall I wouldnt mind but damn
you all are damn barbaric. I wouldnt want any of you teaching my kids
in school.