{"id":6447,"date":"2014-04-22T11:46:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T15:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=6447"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:04:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:04:26","slug":"forgotten-on-earth-day-four-ways-mass-immigration-affects-our-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/04\/22\/forgotten-on-earth-day-four-ways-mass-immigration-affects-our-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten on Earth Day: Four Ways Mass Immigration Affects Our Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"
“The bigger the population gets, the more serious the problems become…in this country, it’s phony to say ‘I’m for the environment but not for limiting immigration.'”\u00a0\u2013 Gaylord Nelson<\/a>, Former Senator and Governor of Wisconsin, Founder of Earth Day<\/i><\/p>\n Today, people across the world will commemorate Earth Day, taking a moment out of their busy lives to consider what we can do to maintain and improve the health of our environment.<\/p>\n One consideration often lost on U.S. policy makers and even environmental activists<\/a> is the effect of mass immigration on our natural resources and quality of life. Massive immigration, in excess of 1 million<\/a> legal permanent residents and tens of thousands of temporary foreign workers every year, has led to an explosion in U.S. population<\/a> and detrimental effects on our environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n Billions of dollars are at stake for the profiteers<\/a> of mass immigration. From saving money by employing cheap foreign labor to building new homes, corporations are eager to put the interests of their business before Americans and the environment. And, their money talks<\/a> in Washington.<\/p>\n\n