mean that immigration is bad, it is just too many people trying to do the same thing at the same time and it is not working when immigrants from around the world are hurting the economy of many Americans.The enormous population growth is becoming an environmental threat to the United States. Immigrants are affecting the growth of larger cities, which then leads to even more pollution to the environment. People are breathing city air and using the nation’s water supply that no longer meets the clean air standards because of the population growth. Immigration is also reducing the wildlife, national habitat, ecosystems, and bio-diversity of the United States due to pressures from population growth (Beck 7). Outdoor recreation enthusiasts are suffering from extra congestion and traffic weary motorists and residents of small cities, towns, and rural areas are trying to preserve their culture of living. The environment is changing drastically due to the many hundred of thousands of immigrants that are coming to the United States. They are trying to seek a better life, but it is just making things worse for the environment. Forests are being cleared so that more homes can be built because of the many people migrating. Now that the trees are gone, the wildlife has to find a new place to live or otherwise they become extinct. The houses, the factories, and the businesses take the place of the once beautiful forest. A stressed environment is more prone to catastrophe – and overpopulation can push people into devastating situations (Andryszewski 19). Draining wetlands and clearing forests causes a greater chance of floods. These floods lead to homeless, poverty stricken people. Environmental degradation - damage that reduces an ecosystem’s ability to support life – effects many categories of migrants; some are victims to natural disasters because of human damage and others are people who have exhausted a part o...
