U.S. Nears 300 Million Mark Due to Out of Control Immigration
"While growth is slowing almost everywhere in the developed world, three
factors are powering the US population toward the 300 million mark. Couples are having enough babies to replace themselves. People are living longer. And the biggest reason: Immigration to the US has sharply increased in recent decades," the Christian Science Monitor reports. "'It certainly has resulted in the importation of labor substitutes for a wide variety of American workers, with the result that we're widening the wage gap for less skilled workers who've seen real wages declining,' says Dan Stein, executive director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) in Washington. 'Substitutes erode bargaining leverage and decrease offered wages. Supply and demand works here as everywhere else.'"
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