How do Environmental Groups Rank Regarding Immigration?
FAIR is calling on environmental groups to join us in open, honest public discussion about immigration’s impact on U.S. population growth and the environment. In just the last decade, the U.S. population has grown 13 percent—and 85 percent in the last 50 years. That population growth has put an enormous strain on already overburdened U.S. water and energy supplies and other natural resources. It’s fueling sprawl by escalating pressure for new housing developments, more roads, and strip malls that inevitably encroach on wildlife habitat. Our sprawling urban areas are encroaching on fragile coastal wetlands and paving over farmland at alarming rates in order to meet the needs of a constantly increasing population. Environmentalists agree that population growth is a serious issue but many don’t speak out publicly for fear of alienating the social, economic and religious constituencies who support continued population growth. This is particularly true when immigration reform enters the dis
