With our current immigration policies, America is on a trajectory to hit 400 million people in about 30 years. 75% of our population growth already comes from immigration policy (Pew Hispanic's most recent update). People who want to increase immigration further will ensure that we more than double our population by 2100 (which would give us well over 600 million people - according to the Census Bureau). Don't be foolish enough to believe Cardenas or anyone else in the elite class, who pushes these factually errant arguments. They take helicopters to work & send their kids to private schools, and they love having all the cheap "help" w/ their childcare, lawncare, maid services & who knows what else. It's the middle class that suffers.

"America needs to grow its population and do so in a thoughtful manner. We currently have a declining population of white, and frankly, of all, Americans. Left to our current trajectory, sans immigration, we could be facing the fate of Japan and most European countries: an aging and shrinking population resulting in lower GDP projections, higher per capita social costs, lower productivity, and a permanently sluggish economy." This statement is simply untrue. Its presence ruins whatever credibility there is in this column. The fact is, America would still be growing even if we allowed zero immigrants (which nobody is proposing). Our birthrate is still above replacement level.