| The United States has a population nearing 300 million | | | | traditionally vary according to race and Hispanic origin. |
| and as such it is the third most populated country in the | | | | And therein lies the fundamental issue. Unless |
| world after China and India. What makes this of | | | | something is done about the immigration policies of the |
| interest is the fact the United States has the highest | | | | US, its population will double. "If current trends continue, |
| population growth of all the industrialized countries. | | | | by 2020 enough population will be added to create |
| Each year there are about 4,000,000 births in the US | | | | another New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, |
| as opposed to 2.4 million deaths. Mathematically, this is | | | | Philadelphia, Baltimore, San Francisco, Indianapolis, San |
| a growth of a little over a million and a half people per | | | | Jose, Memphis, Washington, DC, Jacksonville, |
| year. Yet, the US Census Bureau's decennial census | | | | Milwaukee, Boston, Columbus, New Orleans, Cleveland, |
| posits a growth of 3.3 million per year. | | | | Denver, Seattle, and El Paso plus the next 75 largest |
| Jerry Pournelle in his A Step Further Out (1980) stated | | | | cities in the US." |
| that population growth would not be a doomsday issue | | | | Population grown is influenced by three factors: |
| because historically wealthy nations tended to have | | | | mortality rate, birth rate, and immigration. Much is said |
| few births. Wealthy people tend to have fewer | | | | and hyped about immigration. In the month of March |
| children. Distribute the wealth and the population will | | | | 2010, for the first time since such records were kept, |
| stabilize. It doesn't seem to be working. | | | | Hispanic births in the US outnumbered all other births. |
| Yet, we have to ask the fundamental question: Why | | | | Illegal immigrants are the issue. By law, their children |
| has there been this increase in population in the United | | | | become citizens. Immigration contributes 2.25 million |
| States. According to the National Rights For Life | | | | people to the US population annually. Of the 31 million |
| Organization, after reaching a high of over 1.6 million in | | | | immigrants in this country nearly 12,000,000 are illegal. |
| 1990, the number of abortions annually performed in | | | | We simply can't afford to continue this! |
| the U.S. has dropped back to levels not seen since the | | | | Population may very well be a doomsday issue if we |
| late 1970s. Teenage pregnancies have declined. Yet, | | | | don't take positive steps to correct the inadequacies |
| there have been significant population increases. What | | | | of our current immigration policies. I am not opposed to |
| is the cause of this increase and its potential threat to | | | | immigration. After all, all of us are immigrant connected. |
| the environment, to the economy, and to health care? | | | | I am opposed to ILLEGAL immigration. My next article |
| SUSPS Organization claims that teenage birth rates | | | | in this series deals with energy. |