The Case for Reducing Immigration from Over One Million to 100,000 a year (An NPG Position Paper)

• Donald Mann
• February 1, 1995
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An NPG Forum Paper
by Donald Mann
February 1995

The evidence is overwhelming that with its present population of over 260 million, the U.S. is already vastly overpopulated in terms of the long-range carrying capacity of its resources and environment. Yet we continue to grow rapidly, by 25 to 30 million each decade.

Contrary to our own national interest, we now permit over a million immigrants to settle here each year. Because it contributes to the growth of our population, immigration is basically, and most importantly, an environmental issue. Indeed it is the driving force behind the population growth that is propelling our nation rapidly down the road to environmental ruin. Projections show that if present trends continue, 89 percent of our population growth in the next century will come from post-2000 immigrants and their descendants.

If we are to have any hope of achieving a smaller, more sustainable population size, we must halt illegal immigration and sharply reduce legal immigration.

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