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Breaking the population-environment taboo at EarthX

Updated: May 30th, 2019, 4:15 pm

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  by  Jeremy Beck
About 70 percent of sprawl nationally is due to population growth. We have become afraid to talk openly about that because doing so inevitably leads to difficult conversations. The answers range from private decisions about how many children to have to state and local zoning laws. At the national level, Congress dictates population growth through immigration policy. That's NumbersUSA's focus. The latest Census data suggests that 95 percent of U.S. population growth between now and 2060 will be a result of immigration policy. It isn't the only factor, but it is a major one.

Sen. Graham Introduces Bill to Address Border Surge

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who also chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee that has jurisdiction over immigration, announced the introduction of a new bill that would address the ongoing border crisis. Specifically, Sen. Graham's bill would attempt to fix some of the loopholes that have led to a record-number of family units crossing the border illegally in recent months, although text of his legislation have yet to be released.

S. 1494

Updated: February 25th, 2020, 3:26 pm

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

A bill to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to protect alien minors and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to end abuse of the asylum system and establish refugee application and processing centers outside the United States, and for other purposes.

PROTECT Immigration Act of 2019

Updated: November 15th, 2019, 10:14 am

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

To discontinue a Federal program that authorizes State and local law enforcement officers to investigate, apprehend, and detain aliens in accordance with a written agreement with the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to clarify that immigration enforcement is solely a function of the Federal Government.

PROTECT Immigration Act

Updated: November 15th, 2019, 11:31 am

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

A bill to discontinue a Federal program that authorizes State and local law enforcement officers to investigate, apprehend, and detain aliens in accordance with a written agreement with the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to clarify that immigration enforcement is solely a function of the Federal Government.

S. 1470

Updated: February 25th, 2020, 3:24 pm

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

A bill to strengthen border security, increase resources for enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes.

Employer 'Demand' for More Foreign Workers Doesn't Mean Americans in Short Supply

Updated: May 25th, 2019, 2:10 pm

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  by  Eric Ruark

The official unemployment rate is at an "historic low" and job growth is encouraging. There is, however, more to the story. Wage growth remains sluggish and there is still a lot of "slack" in the labor market, meaning the claims of a labor shortage are attempts by employers to undo the recent gains made by American workers.

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