Robert C

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  Robert commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  Ideas for Change in Immigration Policy

  There is so much emotion surrounding this issue that I think it is time to start considering that there are other things to think about than just the individual stories we all hear about it.  A recent population forecast from an institute at Virginia Tech says that by 2100 or so, we could have more than a billion people in the U.S.; the majority of that increase will come from immigration, considering not only the numbers of immigrants themselves, legal and illegal, also but their higher birthrates.  We will probably have around 450 million people by 2050, which is not that far away.  I don't think it is in any way unreasonable to consider the effects on the environment, including land use, water and air pollution, resources, and even the stress on social institutions such as schools and the entire welfare system.  Until the last 15 years or so, I have always been in favor of immigration, but now it resembles colonization more than traditional immigration, because of the sheer numbers involved that we aren't able to assimilate properly.  My wife is an immigrant, and she doesn't disagree with me that we have to consider what the country is going to be like with a population equivalent to China or India.