Help Push for Regs Requiring Environmental Impacts of Immigration be Addressed

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA-1969) requires that proposed Federal Actions which have a “Significant Impact” on the environment first be analyzed to reveal that impact.

Yet, to date, No Federal Agency has complied with the explicit concern expressed in NEPA for the “profound influences of Population Growth” … on the environment.

NOW, we have Opportunity to make Analyses of Immigration-driven population growth a Regulatory requirement—specifically, that such Analyses be included as Environmental Impact Statements in proposals for Federal Agency Actions.

Specifically, the Federal Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ) is soliciting public comments to implement updated Environmental Regulations for NEPA per a Trump Administration plan to update them.

So NOW is our Opportunity to submit comments to the CEQ (IMPORTANT: comment period ends on MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2018).

Follow this link (CEQ Public Comments on NEPA Proposed Environmental Regs) to the CEQ comments page.

And feel free to quote any BALANCE Alerts. For your convenience, we reprint our recent Alert “Legal Immigration Costs & Consequences” below. ACT NOW!

And please help BALANCE push this and other environmental protection initiatives by donating NOW (BALANCE GoFundMe Campaign or POPULATION-ENVIRONMENT BALANCE).

BALANCE is anti-Mass-Immigration, not anti-immigrant.

LEGAL IMMIGRATION COSTS & CONSEQUENCES
-- KEY POINTS & BALANCE'S SOLUTION

• NUMBERS Background: world population increases by about 80 million/year. Pressure to come to USA will only increase—1.5 Million Legal Immigrants settle in the U.S.A. every year: Average since 2005. Recently 1.6-1.7 Million Annually
• California—400,000 legal immigrants per year (U. S. Census)

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES

FARMLAND & NATURAL HABITAT LOSS

“For every Person added to U.S. (or California) Population, one Acre of precious Farmland or Natural Habitat lost to Developed Uses (e.g., Malls, Sprawl Tract Housing) (Pimentel et al Cornell)

SPECIES EXTINCTION

United States “Top 10 U.S. Endangered Species”, Center for Biological Diversity: As the human population grows we are crowding out, poisoning and eating all other species into extinction. With the world population hitting 7 billion, the Center is marking this milestone by releasing a list of species in the United States facing extinction caused by the growing human population. The 10 species represent a range of geography, as well as species diversity—but all are critically threatened by the effects of human population. Some, like the Florida panther and Mississippi gopher frog, are rapidly losing habitat as the human population expands. Others are seeing their habitat dangerously altered—like the small flowering sandplain gerardia in New England—or, like the bluefin tuna, are buckling under the weight of massive overfishing.

SEE “EXTINCTION DETAILS” IN NOTE BELOW

U.S. Taxpayers Costs—$330 BILLION PER YEAR NET (after subtracting Taxes Immigrants pay) from legal immigration alone, i.e.,

$3.3 TRILLION prospectively for Decade

Does NOT include COSTS to States and Localities

= $758 MILLION per Year for Each Congressional District. That is, it costs on average $1000 per person per year!

62% for “free” (I.e. U.S. Taxpayer-funded) Health Care, Health Insurance, & Welfare

EMPLOYMENT CONSEQUENCES

Professor Computer Science, U.C. Davis, Norm Matloff Blog “Vast Majority of H1B and related visa hires are Cheap Labor Hires”

Confirmed by Williams / CCN Study—5.9 MILLION AMERICANS DISPLACED from JOBS SINCE 2005 by IMMIGRANT WORKERS. See carryingcapacity.org

ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES

Population Growth usually increases Aggregate GDP but ALWAYS DECREASES PER CAPITA GDP—the True Test of Nations’ Wealth

Compare Bangladesh and New Zealand with same size GDP BUT Bangladesh has 4 times the Population which is much poorer per capita.

True of U.S, today—per John Williams of shadowstats.com

PERSONAL SAFETY ENVIRONMENT

“Help me, Dad.” Kate Steinle’s dying words impel all of us to redouble our efforts to oppose Sanctuary Cities, Reduce Legal and Stop Illegal Immigration. The Boston Bombers, San Bernardino Shooters and ISIS Truck Driver who ran down Pedestrians and Cyclists in New York City recently were all Legal Immigrants!

Solution: The U.S.A. needs a zero–net Moratorium, i.e., 150,000/year in 150,000/year out on all categories of legal.

So please help BALANCE MOBILIZE ACTIVISTS to intensity our push for the aforementioned all-categories included zero-NET MORATORIUM TODAY, NOW! Contact your representative!
IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION IS BEING CONSIDERED NOW!

TO MAXIMIZE OUR CLOUT PLEASE DONATE NOW!

BALANCE very much needs you to make a Tax-Deductible Donation TODAY. Dollar for Dollar, Donations to BALANCE and its Coalition Allies who push a Moratorium, create much more Political Clout for reduction in immigration number than Donations to Mass Immigration Management Groups.

So Please DONATE NOW by credit card at our website: BALANCE.ORG or, to donate by check via U.S mail, please send to:

Population-Environment Balance | P.O. Box 268 | San Francisco, CA 94104

The Next Few Days are Critical!

Thank you,

Population-Environment Balance
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EXTINCTION DETAILS

World “Human Population Growth & Species Extinction” IBID. We're in the midst of the Earth's sixth mass extinction crisis. Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson estimates that 30,000 species per year (or three species per hour) are being driven to extinction. Compare this to the natural background rate of one extinction per million species per year, and you can see why scientists refer to it as a crisis unparalleled in human history.

The current mass extinction differs from all others in being driven by a single species rather than a planetary or galactic physical process. When the human race—dHomo sapiens sapiens

“Human Population Growth & Earth Ecosystem & Species Extinction” IBID Humans annually absorb 42 percent of the Earth's terrestrial net primary productivity,30 percent of its marine net primary productivity, and 50 percent of its fresh water [3].

Forty percent of the planet's land is devoted to human food production, up from 7 percent in 1700 [3].

Fifty percent of the planet's land mass has been transformed for human use [3].

More atmospheric nitrogen is now fixed by humans that all other natural processes combined [3].

The authors of Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems, including the current director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, concluded:

"[A]ll of these seemingly disparate phenomena trace to a single cause: the growing scale of the human enterprise. The rates, scales, kinds, and combinations of changes occurring now are fundamentally different from those at any other time in history.

"When the population of a species grows beyond the capacity of its environment to sustain it, it reduces that capacity below the original level, ensuring an eventual population crash.

"Extinction is the most serious, utterly irreversible effect of unsustainable human population."

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BALANCE is anti-Mass-Immigration, not anti-immigrant.

BALANCE is the leading National Organization publicizing information regarding the
Threat of Mass Immigration-generated population growth to our Environment, Nation, Budgets, and Personal Safety and Mobilizing Activists to Reduce it.

IMMIGRATION REDUCTION OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS LOUDLY—HOW TO SEIZE IT!

POPULATION-ENVIRONMENT BALANCE

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IMMIGRATION REDUCTION OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS LOUDLY—HOW TO SEIZE IT!

Last week, the Goodlatte Bill H.R.4760 failed by only 20 votes. It would have put the House on record as supporting “merit”-based legal immigration by ending the Visa Lottery, and  Chain Migration, and mandating e-Verify to reduce Illegal Immigration, but it would have at best cut Legal Immigration numbers by half still allowing over half a million Legal Immigrants per year.

The Goodlatte Bill received far more votes than sell-out Speaker Ryan's thinly disguised Amnesty Bill, which failed by a 2 to 1 Margin. 

So, given these two Failures, why does Opportunity knock loudly?

Consider:

The U.S. Government's next funding Bill needs to be passed by September 30 this year and is likely to incorporate $$$ Trillion Annual Deficits going Forward.

BALANCE's Strategy will be to publicize and push the fact that passing one single Bill  — a zero net MORATORIUM  Bill — would reduce costs to U.S Taxpayers by over one-half Trillion $$$ in the next decade.

Indeed, The NET (after subtracting taxes immigrants pay) Costs of LEGAL immigration of over 1.5 Million LEGAL Immigrants/year alone to U. S. Taxpayers are $330 Billion annually, as shown in a 2017 study by our ASAP Coalition Ally CCN. That's $1,000 per U.S. taxpayer per year!!!

Working in our favor is the fact that the Open Borders lobby has finally revealed its true colors.  These advocates are pushing for the elimination of ICE, which would go far toward creating Open Borders and vastly more illegal immigration — an anti-law, anti-American pro-Demographic Tsunami position.

Important to note is that, by taking such an extreme Position, the Left aims to create the maximum pressure in opposition to Immigration Reduction. They are employing an elementary principle of Negotiation — ask for more than you expect to get.

So, of course, we reductionists should continue to push the position which gives us most leverage for reductions — an all-categories-included zero-net MORATORIUM.

And our position is quite reasonable … it would still allow admission of about 150,000/year, and it does send BALANCE's Essential Message — Mass Immigration MUST END!!

So here is what to do:

Considering that the Mass Immigration Management Groups, i.e., those which refuse to support MORATORIUM (and which BTW have a Perfect two decades long record of Total Failure to get any reduction bill passed), patiently explain to them how they can actually help get a Reduction Bill passed as follows.

Consider that a Leading Management Group actually supports reducing Legal Immigration to 500,000/year and “eventually” to 300,000/year. This is COUNTERPRODUCTIVE not only because it creates ZERO political leverage to get reductions but also because it de facto SUPPORTS a continuation of Mass Immigration!  500,000 or even 300,000/year of legal immigration would result in unending population growth in the USA!

And an examination of that other “leading” Mass Immigration group's website reveals almost a sole focus on Illegal immigration and a neglect of Legal Immigration whose numbers are far, far greater.  Thus, refusing to focus on LEGAL immigration is COUNTERPRODUCTIVE to actually achieving any reductions.

It reminds one of the website (visit unfairus.org) erected a few years ago by Protect Arizona Now patriots who were not helped by the Management groups about whom PAN asked “Whose side are they on anyway?”

And regarding current Bills:

Although the RAISE Act S354 (Cotton R-AR, Perdue R-GA) has some good provisions, it contains Three Serious Flaws.

 The Good: It would:

• Reduce Legal Immigration by at least half to about 500,000 per year
• Require that Legal Immigrants speak English
• Require that Legal Immigrants NOT receive Welfare for 5 Years
• Limit “Refugees” to 50,000 per year
• End the Visa Lottery, and, above all…
• Reduce Chain Migration from appx 480,000 per year to appx. 88,000 per year by limiting family-sponsored Immigrants to spouses and minor children of US Citizens or Legal Permanent Residents.

HOWEVER, The Seriously Bad :(true of both the Cotton-Perdue and Goodlatte Bills!):

• would still allow over half a million Legal Entrants annually and thus Validate a continuation of Mass Immigration ad Infinitum—clearly Not Sustainable
• adopt a piecemeal Multi-Category approach that is extremely vulnerable to Many Weakening Amendments
• fails to push an all-categories-included 150,000 CAP

BALANCE’s Push for a Zero-Net Moratorium would not only impose such a CAP but it also maximizes Political Pressure to get Reductions. The RAISE Act Fails this Test.

And, one of the RAISE Bill's alleged strong points, the Merits-based system for admitting skilled workers (H1bs) is well-intentioned but would allow far too many admissions. It is based on flawed data that American workers do not have the necessary skills. It lends itself to “gaming”, and would result in continuing job loss and wage depression among American workers.

The Bill also would allow admission of too many “Refugees” (what about addressing the Needs of the USA’s hundreds of thousands of homeless first?) and allows H2b low skilled workers, many of whose prospective jobs should either go to Americans or are, in any case, disappearing because of automation.

Pushing an all-categories-included Zero-Net Moratorium (which would still allow Legal Immigration of 150,000 per Year because Immigration would then equal Emigration) is key as an objective because it is reasonable and Essential for long-term Environmental and Personal Protection and for providing Sufficient Resources, INCLUDING WATER and FOOD and Money, for survival. Today, we are in the process of exceeding our long-term Carrying Capacity.

In sum, a Zero-Net Moratorium is The Necessary Condition for achieving U.S. Population Stabilization, long term Environmental Protection, Budgetary Solvency in State and Local Government (especially for our Health Care and Educational Institutions), Tax Reduction, Unemployment Reduction, Social and Cultural Cohesion and Personal Safety ... and for protection of our Food and Water Supplies!

Only our Massive Grassroots Effort can Succeed! Phone Calls or Office Visits followed by Snail Mail letters are most effective (emails are often ignored and fax machines can be turned off). And please consider that BALANCE is greatly outspent by the Cheap Labor Lobby and various Ethnic Power Lobbies.

So Please Help BALANCE MOBILIZE ACTIVISTS to Intensify our push for the aforementioned ASAP! Coalition Moratorium Initiative, TODAY, NOW!

BALANCE very much needs you to make a Tax-Deductible Donation TODAY. Dollar for Dollar, Donations to BALANCE and its ASAP! Coalition Allies who push a Moratorium, create much more Political Clout than Donations to Mass Immigration Management Groups.

So Please DONATE NOW at our website: BALANCE.ORG or, to donate via U.S mail, please send to: Population-Environment Balance | P.O. Box 268 | San Francisco, CA 94104

The Next Few Weeks are Critical!

Thank you,

Population-Environment Balance
populationenvironmentbalance.blogspot.com
balance.org
Follow BALANCE on Twitter @PEnvirons

Mailing address:
Population-Environment Balance | P.O. Box 268 | San Francisco, CA 94104
Washington, DC address:
Population-Environment Balance | 1629 K Street NW, Suite 300 | Washington DC, 20006

BALANCE is anti-Mass-Immigration, not anti-immigrant.
BALANCE is the leading National Organization publicizing information regarding the
Threat of Mass Immigration-generated population growth to our Environment, Nation, Budgets, and Personal Safety and Mobilizing Activists to Reduce it.

Big Amnesty Plans Enable Continued Population Explosion – Help STOP IT!

The White House proposal to Amnesty 1.8 Million “DACA-eligible” Illegal Aliens, in return for limitations on Chain Migration and an end the Visa Lottery would actually not have a beneficial Population Stabilization effect for years.

(In other words, the Legal Immigration of 1.5 Million+ per year would not be reduced much for years under the White House proposal and would greatly increase under other proposals like the Durbin/Graham proposal.)

Consider the White House plan which would give

“…an instant amnesty for an estimated 1.8 million "DACA-eligible" illegal aliens. … and make further cuts to chain migration after those currently in line for other categories have been admitted.(emphasis added)

“The bottom line is that these cuts to chain migration would reduce total legal immigration by about 18 percent in the short term, and 33 percent in the long term (after 10 years). However, the huge size of the amnesty means that under this scheme it will take about 15 years for the chain migration cuts to offset the new green cards awarded in the amnesty. In other words, there would be instant deportation relief for 1.8 million illegal aliens, but a very long wait for immigration relief for Americans.”

“White House Immigration Framework
Big Amnesty Now, Chain Migration Cuts Much Later,”
J. Vaughan, January 31, 2018, cis.org

In addition Amnesty Recipients would be given a 10-year Path to Citizenship and

“The spouses of citizens (and their children) will continue to enter in unlimited numbers and the spouses of Lawful Permanent Residents (and their children) will be capped at about 88,000, as under current law.”

Ibid.

However, most unfortunately,

“All of the approximately 3.9 million people on the waiting list for chain migration green cards will be offered the opportunity to apply for admission under current numerical limits, plus a few extra (see below). According to the State Department, this will ultimately result in the admission of about 2.5 million new immigrants, as some will decline the opportunity and a few will be found to be ineligible for admission. I estimate that the admission of these applicants would take approximately 10 years under the current numerical limits and quotas….(emphasis added)

“Furthermore, the leading proposals being considered by the Senate create a new non-immigrant residency visa for parents of citizens that will replace the green card category…. And the parents of the "Dreamers" who receive amnesty might become eligible for residency under such a program, thus potentially more than doubling the size of the amnesty. (It has been estimated that Dreamers have an average of 1.6 parents in the U.S.)

“…After 10 years, green card awards would settle to a number that is about 33 percent lower than current levels, or about 775,000 per year.”

Ibid.

One consequence of enabling a continued Migration near or above the current 1.5 Million LEGAL Immigrants per year is that the NET (after subtracting Taxes Immigrants pay) Costs of that LEGAL Inflow would remain near $330 Billion per Year! And the effects on the Natural and Personal Safety Environments would remain.

Thus the White House and other Proposals demonstrate how important it is to maximize downward pressure on the numbers by pushing for a Zero-Net Moratorium as all ASAP! Coalition Member Organizations do. Is it not, therefore, true that any group which refuses to push a Moratorium is an Immigration Management Group, NOT a Genuine Reduction Group?

Only our Massive Grassroots Effort can Succeed in reducing the Numbers! Phone Calls or Office Visits are most effective (emails are often ignored and fax machines can be turned off). And please consider that BALANCE is greatly outspent by the Cheap Labor Lobby and various Ethnic Power Lobbies.

So Please Help BALANCE MOBILIZE ACTIVISTS to Intensify our push for the aforementioned all-categories included Zero-NET MORATORIUM, TODAY, NOW!

TO MAXIMIZE OUR CLOUT PLEASE DONATE NOW.

BALANCE very much needs you to make a Tax-Deductible Donation TODAY. Dollar for Dollar, Donations to BALANCE and its ASAP! Coalition Allies who push a Moratorium, create much more Political Clout than Donations to Mass Immigration Management Groups.

So Please DONATE NOW by credit card at our website: BALANCE.ORG or, to donate by check via U.S mail, please send to:

Population-Environment Balance | P.O. Box 268 | San Francisco, CA 94104

The Next Few Days are Critical!

Thank you,

Population-Environment Balance
populationenvironmentbalance.blogspot.com
balance.org

Follow BALANCE on Twitter @PEnvirons

Mailing address:
Population-Environment Balance | P.O. Box 268 | San Francisco, CA 94104

Washington, DC address:
Population-Environment Balance | 1629 K Street NW, Suite 300 | Washington DC, 20006

BALANCE is anti-Mass-Immigration, not anti-immigrant.

BALANCE is the leading National Organization publicizing information regarding the
Threat of Mass Immigration-generated population growth to our Environment, Nation, Budgets, and Personal Safety and Mobilizing Activists to Reduce it.