Ironically, I think I agree, at least in principle. There are already too many of us, and we're going to run out of stuff to keep ourselves alive unless there are fewer of us or we alter our gluttonous standards of living. The latter is going to happen anyway if the numbers of us keep growing. Gloom.

There are now 300 million people in the us, up from 200 million just 40 years ago. I find that really scary.

I know that immigration is responsible for a large amount of the population growth of the U.S. Our birth rates have held steadily for quite awhile at just over two children per household, and actually after attrition due to infant mortality is less than replacement level. It's expected that the big surge by year 2050 will be due to immigration, either directly or indirectly. They aleady account for 65% of the population gain each year. Of the 3.3 million new people here, only 1.6 million are births of native born AND immigrant mothers. The rest are the influx.

1965 was the year the Immigration and Nationality Act passed, essentially increasing immigration sixfold, and later modifications have allowed even more. If our population doubles in fifty years, we'll be faced with increasing our infrastructure to twice its current level. Please don't think I'm making a political statement. I have family members who are immigrants. I am just saying our policies should look at these brass tacks and we need to weigh the benefits of such large demographic changes against the drawbacks. I doubt the typical person here even realises how significantly the border has raised.