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USA Today TODAY - worth a quick scan:
Immigration-fueled population growth threatens U.S. way of life.
By Dan Stein

Overcrowded schools, congested highways, environmental stresses: We are a nation paving over its wildernesses while depending on our enemies for vital resources.

Why?

Because Americans have been blindsided by a government-mandated mass immigration program that's fueling this nation's runaway population growth. This growth was neither planned nor expected, but we feel the consequences every day.

The population of the USA will reach 300 million this week on a relentless march to half a billion before 2050. That's because about 80% of the current population growth in the USA is due to immigration policies — immigrants legally admitted, illegal immigrants, and births to immigrants after entering. Only a dramatic rollback in overall immigration can reverse these trends. The time to act is now. (Read USA TODAY's view.)

Thirty years ago, the Rockefeller Commission could find no benefit from further increases in the size of the U.S. population. In 2006, it is hard to see how the massive government-mandated population growth of the past 30 years has improved life for most Americans. The addition of a staggering 100 million people since the late 1960s has accelerated virtually every environmental problem, exacerbated resource depletion, contributed to sprawl and congestion, and strained nearly all public services.

Many of our nation's opinion elite now seem intent on further acceleration. The Senate recently approved an illegal alien amnesty and immigration increase that would have resulted in at least 66 million new immigrants arriving in the USA in the next 20 years — and we'd hit a billion people before 2100. This is insane, and only a massive public outcry and strong opposition in the House prevented this from occurring.

Our population future is entirely within our power to determine. Just as the government has mandated soaring overcrowding and congestion in the past several decades, it has the power to slow population growth by curtailing immigration and enforcing laws against illegal immigration.

It's time to talk about the purposes of immigration and its role in our national future. As responsible stewards for future generations, there is an urgency to consider how our decisions today will affect the nation they will inherit — before it's too late.

Posted by sean at October 17, 2006 11:50 AM

Alarmist pap, Sean. Immigration, from whatever source, makes us stronger. As for paving over the wilderness, that's just BS. Even suburban sprawl is impacting a very, very minute percentage of available wilderness lands in this country. All of these writers simply follow the talking points because that's the agenda their commissars (editors) want followed.

Posted by Chicago at October 17, 2006 12:09 PM

What is the reason your Government is wanting to increase population?

There has to be a financial motive underlying this sentiment.

Posted by Steve at October 17, 2006 5:01 PM

Chicago [by your logic] - CHICAGO supports online pedophiles & kid PORN because "Internet, from whatever source, makes us stronger." ILLEGAL - resonates with your 50 IQ blog?

Posted by sean at October 18, 2006 8:57 AM

Chicago - :>] appreciate the feedback though - border states' wilderness and national forest land especially hard hit - major disease there like polio & leprosy making comeback thanks to Mexico.

Posted by sean at October 18, 2006 2:16 PM

Hmmm. I live in New Mexico. We're as concerned about illegal immigration as any of the other border states. However, the chief enemy of our wilderness areas and national forests is the current administration in Washington: there are no illegal immigrants drilling for methane gas in the Valle Vidal. As for major diseases, we're sensitized to those because we still have the occasional case of bubonic plague, and I haven't heard of a single instance of polio or leprosy in the 15-plus years I've lived here.

Posted by Paula at October 18, 2006 3:53 PM

Hmmm ... Paula - I have a 20+ year career with the national forest service [1992-2004 in Albuquerque] - AND illegal impacts on forest are major in border states AND polio et al is real.

PLUS we should be drilling much more to remedy dependence on mid east fascist oil sources - AND 1/2 Mexican gov Richardson agrees on all points ... he coined the 'illegal invasion' term & supports energy exploration. Love that Taos-Santa Fe-Alb weather & lifestyle [2nd home there].

Posted by sean at October 19, 2006 9:44 AM

Here's another take on the 300 million non-married heads of households:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/15827020.htm

Posted by Paula at October 23, 2006 2:44 PM