Cites Critical Need to Limit Future Immigration – Not Expand It Alexandria, VA (June 28, 2013) – NPG President Donald Mann strongly condemned the U.S. Senate’s passage of S. 744 as a “sell-out” of America’s future that threatens the population stability of the United States. Mann said: “Throughout the months of discussion on this important legislation, NPG has been demanding …
fbshare type=”button” Alexandria, VA (June 19, 2013) – The Census Bureau’s most recent population projections, released in late 2012 and May 2013, project slower growth to mid-century than its 2009 projections. Census’ middle – or most likely – scenario has the U.S. reaching 399 million by 2050, nine percent lower than the 439 million earlier projected. These findings are assessed …
Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version Census Bureau population projections released in late December 2012 and mid-May 2013 diverge substantially from projections released in 2009. The 2009 projections were based on trends up to 2008, when the U.S. was on the threshold of a crippling recession. All four series released since late 2012 maintain the same methodology, fertility …
A Monthly Commentary on Population and Immigration Issues.
I recently ran across the following OpEd by Senator Harry Reid, the current Senate Majority Leader, in the Los Angeles Times. It is of particular interest in light of the current Senate consideration of S744, a proposal to rewrite the immigration laws to legalize illegal immigrants and increase the flow of immigration.
Senate leaders are rushing to push through SB 744, a bill enticingly titled as the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act.” As the title suggests, the bill is a complex blend of interests favored by diverse and at times clashing constituencies.
Alexandria, VA (April 29, 2013) – With the recent draft release of the Senate’s immigration reform bill, Negative Population Growth (NPG) President Donald Mann finds great concern with SB 744 and its effects on U.S. population size and growth. In a new NPG publication, Mann’s organization comments that it “believes that this bill, as drafted, would be a major, transformative …
Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version The once-acclaimed program to restore the Chesapeake Bay has fallen short of every hopeful ambition. For three decades the Bay’s fundamental declines have barely budged, despite billions of dollars spent on cleanup efforts by the federal government and six states that share the 64,000-square-mile Chesapeake watershed. And many experts feel that if …
A huge divide is developing across America as citizens are choosing sides on the use of hydraulic fracking to extract huge quantities of oil and gas. If you live in a state where the push is on to embrace fracking as a means to greatly increase output of fossil fuels, you are probably well aware of the pros and cons being advanced …
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