It’s summer. It’s hot. It’s dry. One third of America is affected by desertification. Congress and the Biden administration are adding a city of Los Angeles every year through immigration. This makes no sense. I’m Jeremy Beck with Rob Harding. Welcome to the Sustainable Immigration Newsletter!

Reducing legal immigration; and
Stopping illegal immigration.

Gallup has been asking the same question since 1965. While the question doesn't inform people about the current level of immigration, you can't miss the spike in support for reducing immigration. By almost every measure, Americans are indicating that current immigration levels are not sustainable.

Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert. It’s a natural phenomenon (think “drought”) that is exacerbated by urbanization and sprawl. All of it, according to Henry Barbaro, “contributes to soil erosion and an inability for the land to retain water or regrow plants.”

Mass immigration creates a paradox, writes Henry:

“The paradox is that as America’s population grows so does the demand for housing, and food. But every year development and desertification is consuming the total acreage of farmland necessary for growing food.”

You can bet that the legislative and executive branches haven’t thought about that as they continue to force mass immigration on voters who don’t want it.

Visit your Action Board Support E-Verify (H.R. 319). All actions here. or click https://numbersusa.com/action-board

Members of Congress are celebrating mass immigration as an anti-inflationary measure because it depresses wages and increases the cost of housing, which also increases…inflation. Wait, what?

The lack of affordable housing is a crucial measure of how the impacts of unsustainable immigration hurt Americans unequally. Blue-collar people are more vulnerable to mass immigration because less-educated natives are more likely to live in rental housing, which means they’re going to be in direct competition with migrants, not just in the job market but in the housing market as well. Tragically, Congress has been unable and/or unwilling to advance sensible immigration policies.

Review our Great Immigration Solutions and our Immigration Grade Cards to see if your representatives in Congress are pursuing an immigration policy we can sustain.

Nevada is America’s driest and most drought-prone state, and its growing population is vying for what little water can be withdrawn from the diminishing Colorado River. The biggest contributor to this growth has been the migration of native-born and foreign-born residents from other states, particularly ones with higher foreign immigration, population growth, congestion, and cost of living — states like California, Texas, and Arizona.

82% of Nevada’s residents want less growth. Meanwhile, explosive population growth is turning Las Vegas into Sprawl-ville.

Today’s unprecedented rate of immigration has become the primary reason behind population pressures throughout America, with federal immigration policies being responsible for about 90% of the nation’s future population growth. Until federal officials lower the numerical level of immigration, even the best local plans and political commitment will not be able to stop the loss of Nevada farmland, open space and biodiversity resulting from population growth and urban sprawl. Listen to Scientific Director Leon Kolankiewicz on the Kevin Wall Radio Show talk about growth pressures in the Sagebrush State.

Our Texas sprawl study reveals the unsustainable consequences of an expanding human footprint in the Lone Star State. Securing the border to minimize illegal border crossings is part of the solution. Writing for the Austin American-Statesman, Scientific Director Leon Kolankiewicz endorses an approach that’s popular with voters across party lines: require all businesses to use E-Verify:

“Aside from the direct damage done by illegal border crossers, the unprecedented surge of illegal immigration into Texas has contributed to the rapid growth of the U.S. population. That, in turn, among other things, helps drive habitat-and-farmland-devouring urban sprawl.”

Leon strengthens his case, adding:

“A state-level mandate requiring all businesses to use E-Verify, the free federal program that determines whether newly hired employees are in the country illegally, would deter border crossings without the need for expensive and ecologically harmful physical barriers.”

Visit your Action Board Support E-Verify (H.R. 319). All actions here. or click https://numbersusa.com/action-board

Thank you for all that you do (and stay cool),