Mr. Speaker. there is a growing interest by the environmental community in the fate of the immigration reform bill. H.R. 3810. currently under consideration by the House Judiciary Committee. Many members of the environmental and conservation communities are concerned about the connection between immigration. U.S. population growth. and stress on our natural resources. On this basisprotecting the environment from the effects of overpopulationthey want us to take action this year to limit both legal and illegal immigration. On June 5. several hundred members of a national nonprofit organization called PopulationEnvironment Balance paid for a fullpage ad in USA Today which sent a message to the Congress. The ad read. "Twothirds of the American public think something should be done to slow population growth. Yet our policymakers in Washington are denying that the United States has a population problem (and doing) next to nothing about controlling illegal immigration. even though more than 1.800 people enter the United States illegally each and every day." The population of our country is growing faster than that of any other industrialized nation. and immigration is becoming the main source of that growth. Population growth is getting ahead of our ability to provide needed housing. jobs. infrastructure and public services. Without a reasonably stable population. solutions to our economic. social and environmental problems are going to be much more difficult to achieve.
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