DALLAS, April 21, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Increasing
awareness of damage done to the environment by human impact in the
20th century, spurred by works such as Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" in 1962 and
Paul and Anne Ehrlich's "The
Population Bomb," along with the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire in
Ohio and a huge oil spill off the
California coast, among other
events, provided the momentum for the first Earth Day event on
April 22, 1970.
Earth Day is now observed throughout the world in a variety of
events. Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR) demonstrates its
support for environmental protection on April 22 and every day by informing on the
unintended consequences of immigration-fueled population growth. As
the late Sen. Gaylord Nelson, the
founder of Earth Day, aptly stated, "There is no way in the world
we can forge a sustainable society without stabilizing the
population.... There's no practical way of stabilizing the
population of the U.S. without reducing the immigration rate."
World population was 3.7 billion when the first Earth Day was
held to show support for the environment and bring attention to
human overpopulation. The global population is now more than double
that at 7.7 billion. About 82 million people are added to the
global family each year, and total population is estimated to grow
to 11.2 billion by 2100, based on the medium projection variant of
the United Nations, Population Division.
In the United States,
population was 209 million in 1970, and today is at 329 million,
projected to grow to more than 400 million by 2060, according to
the U.S. Census Bureau.
"Americans in the 1960s and 1970s got the overpopulation message
loud and clear, and acted accordingly; they started choosing to
have smaller families," says Kevin
Lynn, PFIR's executive director. "But with a shift among
environmental groups and other thought leaders, it's become
increasingly politically incorrect to talk about overpopulation.
But we still have an overpopulation problem in the U.S., and it's
growth driven by immigration."
The U.S. gains one net international migrant every 33 seconds,
according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A new study from Yale researchers estimated that more than 20
million people live in the U.S. illegally. Additionally, each year
the U.S. admits about 1 million or more lawful permanent residents
and about 750,000 guest workers.
PFIR will be attending EarthX in Dallas, Texas, April 26
to 28. PFIR Executive Director Kevin
Lynn will meet with the public on all three days to discuss
how best to keep Nelson's vision alive.
About Progressives for Immigration Reform
Website: https://progressivesforimmigrationreform.org
PFIR works to protect American workers from unemployment and
wage suppression caused by unfair labor and trade practices,
including importation of large numbers of low-wage foreign workers
who are subject to exploitation by foreign and domestic
corporations working in the United
States.
Contact
Maria Fotopoulos
Progressives for Immigration Reform
310.479.2002 | Los Angeles
mfotopoulos@pfirdc.org
SOURCE Progressives for Immigration Reform