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New CO billboard: "Mass Immigration is NOT Smart Growth"

CAIR - Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform

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NEWS RELEASE

Colo. Immigration/Population Group Displays Second Billboard Message:
                       "Mass Immigration Is Not Smart Growth"


Denver (May 21, 2000) - A Denver/Aspen-based population awareness
group unveiled a new billboard at 8301 E. Iliff between I-25 and
Parker warning: "Mass Immigration is NOT Smart Growth." The billboard
shows a U.S. map marked "FULL."  

U.S. Census Bureau data show current mass immigration is causing
America's population to double from its current 275 million to more
than half-a-billion within the lifetime of school-age children, says
Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform (CAIR). 

Former Colo. Gov. Richard D. Lamm, a strong advocate for population
stabilization and immigration reduction, said: "If this billboard
creates more public debate on this issue, I'm for it." Lamm added,  "I
know some of the people in CAIR. They know all-too well that America
is at a critical time in its history and just how important it is to
create a critical mass of public awareness to motivate Congress to
take action now, before it's too late."      

In its Who We Are handout, CAIR cites sources that predict, "Mass
Immigration will be responsible for 90 percent of America's population
growth in the next 50 years."

CAIR is calling for public support to urge Congress to reduce legal
immigration to "replacement" numbers-a balance of out-migration with
in-migration- to 200,000 or fewer per year. Current legal immigration
is approximately 1,000,000, annually.  The group is also demanding a
complete halt to illegal immigration. 

CAIR spokesperson, Marlene Guerrero, said they hope to attract
additional interest to support more billboard messages throughout
Colorado. CAIR's billboard follows recent resolutions passed by the
Aspen City Council and the Pitkin County Commissioners calling for, in
part, permanent annual reduction in U.S. immigration to 175,000.


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                        Who We Are
 
                               CAIR
     Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform



     "It is both a right and a responsibility
     of a democratic society to manage immigration
     so that it serves the national interest."
        --the late U.S. Congresswoman, Barbara Jordan



Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform (CAIR) is a
non-profit, Colorado organization seriously concerned with
America's rapid population growth and the devastating effects
that growth will have on the future of Colorado and the
nation. We are actively affiliated with ProjectUSA, a
nation-wide, non-profit population stabilization organization,
and the Aspen-based Valley Alliance for Social and
Environmental Responsibility (VASER). Our goal is to inform
Coloradans of the catastrophic consequences America's current
mass immigration will have on its expanding population.


The United States has the highest population growth rate of
all developed countries in the world [1] and at more than 275
million [2], is the third most populous country in the world [3].
The United States Census Bureau tells us that if current
trends continue, America WILL be a country of more than a
half-a-billion, half of India's current population, within the
lifetime of our school-age children. Immigration will be
responsible for 90 percent of America's population growth
in the next 50 years [4]. Leaving such a legacy has been
described as a crime against future generations.


Because immigration encourages migration between states, we
need only look to California for a glimpse of Colorado's and
the nation's future. California has nearly doubled its
population in the last 35 years [5].  Ninety-six percent of its
explosive growth in the 1990's was a result of immigration [6].
California, a state now larger at 34 million than most
countries of the world [7], is expected to exceed 52 million
within 25 years [8]. California's Central Valley, a breadbasket
of the nation and the world, is now being bulldozed to
accommodate explosive, immigration-driven growth. The warning
signs are glaring while the solution, a single act of
Congress, goes begging.


We are a nation of limited resources, and we are now
straining those resources through mass immigration. The
land-rush days have long past. Considering one acre of
open land is lost through urbanization and degradation
for each person added to the U.S. population, about three
million a year [9], it is clear we need to act NOW to
ensure those resources will be available for future
generations.


Continuous population growth is unsustainable. America
is now full. A majority of Americans of all ethnic and
racial backgrounds favor substantial reduction in legal
immigration and a complete halt to illegal immigration [10].


Accordingly, CAIR is calling for a pro-active, national
policy to stabilize U.S. population and conserve our
natural resources by:

-  Insisting Congress set more traditional, replacement
   numbers of legal immigration.

-  Demanding a complete halt to illegal immigration
   through a mandated enforcement of our existing
   immigration laws.


America need not apologize for taking these necessary,
important steps to stabilize its population. Indeed,
taking appropriate action now is indicative of wisdom,
character and responsibility. We at CAIR are
pro-immigration but at numbers consistent with
sustainability and tradition.

America will always be a land of opportunity for those
seeking a better life, but it can not and must not
come at the expense of its finite resources and of
the future of its most precious of all resources,
our children and grandchildren.




[1]  Dr. Albert Bartlett, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado
[2]  U.S. Census Bureau
[3]  Population Reference Bureau
[4]  Roy Beck, Social Contract Journal
[5]  U.S. Census Bureau
[6]  Californians for Population Stabilization
[7]  California Department of Finance
[8]  New York Times
[9]  Dr. David Pimentel, Cornell University
[10]  Wall Street Journal poll, Roper Poll, Hispanic USA Group survey



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