{"id":24354,"date":"2021-04-02T13:18:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T17:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=24354"},"modified":"2021-04-02T13:18:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T17:18:21","slug":"immigration-impacts-environment-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/04\/02\/immigration-impacts-environment-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"April Fool! Team Biden Tackles Climate Change With Mass Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
While President Joe Biden talks up environmental initiatives<\/a> to address global climate change, his feckless immigration policies invite ruinous ecological impacts in the U.S. Two congressmen<\/a> are calling attention to the disconnect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The\nenvironmental consequences of illegal immigration are well documented. As the\nnumber of illegal migrants crossing the border increases, greater damages to\nfederal lands are anticipated,\u201d Reps. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., and Paul Gosar,\nR-Ariz., wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s\nnot even the half of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., predicted last week that Democratic amnesty proposals would add 100 million citizens<\/a> within 10 to 20 years, boosting the current U.S. population by nearly 30 percent. Just since January, 30,000 illegal aliens<\/a> have been released into the country, with more on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The link between immigration \u2013 the leading driver of U.S. population growth — and environmental degradation is undeniable. In 2018, the Center for Immigration Studies<\/a> (CIS) estimated that legal and illegal immigrants to the U.S. accounted for 637 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution annually, roughly 12 percent of the total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOf\ncourse, this does not make immigrants responsible for global warming, nor does\nit mean that native-born Americans shouldn’t do more to reduce their own\nfootprints,\u201d CIS stated. \u201cHowever, it is dishonest to discuss large-scale\nimmigration without considering the impact that immigration has on our\nclimate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to greenhouse gases and the piles of southwest desert trash observed by Reps. Gosar and Westerman, immigration-driven population growth exacerbates other environmental concerns such as water shortages, urban crowding, suburban sprawl and loss of biodiversity nationwide<\/a>. Texas, home to some 2 million illegal aliens<\/a>, suffered a near collapse of its electric grid during icy storms this winter. The continued influx of border crossers will put more stress on similarly strained systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n