{"id":8797,"date":"2015-04-22T17:38:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T21:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=8797"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:21:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:21:24","slug":"fair-will-be-at-earth-day-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/04\/22\/fair-will-be-at-earth-day-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"FAIR Will be At Earth Day Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Representatives of FAIR will be at <a href=\"http:\/\/earthdaytx.org\/\">Earth Day Texas<\/a> this week to <a href=\"http:\/\/fairimmigrationmatters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">inform Texans about the impact that mass immigration has had, and will have<\/a> on the environment there, and across the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Mass immigration has been responsible for much of <a href=\"http:\/\/fairus.org\/site\/DocServer\/final.pdf\">U.S. population growth<\/a> since the original Earth Day, and reconciling the demands to responsibly steward our natural resources with our immigration policy is one of FAIR&#8217;s guiding principles. 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