Thread: California group says U.S. immigration policies contributed to drought

Others point out that many immigrants probably use less water than the average California resident because they tend to live in multi-family dwellings, not higher-consuming single-family homes.

"It's unlikely that the 'burden' of immigrants is very significant," said Stephanie Pincetl, professor in residence at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA.

She said Californians would be better served by tearing up their lawns than expelling immigrants who contribute to the economy. "Do we want to have economic decline?" Pincetl said.

"Do we not want to have agriculture? Do we want to not have housekeepers?"

Really? Is this how far UCLA standards of education have sunk? To have a Professor of Environment and Sustainability who thinks an illegal alien living in an apartment uses less water than a citizen living in a house? Seriously??!! We drink water, do they drink less? We use water to flush toilets. do they flush less? We use water to bathe, do they bathe less? We use water to cook, do they cook less? We use water to clean, do they clean less? We use water to irrigate agricultural products to produce food to eat, do they eat less? If illegal aliens and excess immigrants weren't here, they wouldn't be using any water because wouldn't be drinking, flushing, bathing, cooking, cleaning, or eating here.

As for tearing up the lawns, is this professor just a liar? Is she just a fool? Is she both??!! Without lawns and vegetation, California would be one big mudslide into the Pacific Ocean when it rains and a big dust bowl during droughts, and the temperature would rise from the increased paving to replace it, all of which which contributes to global warming.

And then we have this ridiculous statement from NASA:

Blaming the drought on immigrants "doesn't fit the facts," said William Patzert, a climatologist from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The drought is caused by meager snowpack and poor planning, he said, "not because the immigrants are drinking too much water or taking too many showers."

Meager snowpack is the result of global warming, which is caused in part by too much development caused primarily by too many people which in the United States is the result of too much immigration. EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD knows this, so why does the "climatologist from NASA" pretend that he doesn't? And while he seems to admit that "poor planning" is a cause of the drought, why does he claim that overpopulation is not part of that "poor planning"? When cities and states prepare for hardship from natural occurrences such as water shortages from droughts, the more people impacted by the shortage which means greater hardship and risk for all. Water is a limited resource and when populations exceed the available water supply, it is one hell of a disaster that threatens everything from quality of life to life itself.

Another shows a dripping spigot and text that reads: "Every newcomer to California adds 140 gallons of water demand per day."

The group, whose motto is "save some California for tomorrow," was founded in 1986 by conservationists who felt that mainstream environmental groups weren't advocating enough for population controls.

One of its major funders is the Colcom Foundation, started by Cordelia Scaife May, an environmentalist who backed birth control efforts and wanted to curb legal and illegal immigration.

140 gallons a day would be a bare minimum of an increase for each newcomer to California, now triple and quadruple it for immigrants and illegal aliens as they breed and have children and then triple and quadruple it again as all their relatives come into the country to join them and do the same thing through "chain migration". So it is not only accurate but right to point the finger at immigrants and illegal aliens, because Americans have almost reached our goal of Zero-Population Growth, an major effort Americans started in the 60's and 70's to preserve our environment, to ensure we could continue to sustain ourselves and be a free and independent population, a goal that is being totally usurped by tens of millions of immigrants and illegal aliens who have entered this country for no valid reason or purpose at all, other than to suck up our jobs, benefits, programs, food, gas and yes water.

People who want to speak on this issue from colleges, universities, NASA and other "institutions" need to join CAPS and NumbersUSA or at least sign up for their information, so they can be informed about the "facts" before they speak and make themselves out to be liars, fools or both.

Keep up the good work, CAPS! You're right, so be strong and never quit, and thank you, thank you, thank you, for all you do to help US solve these problems.

And to Americans, please start pushing for at least a 10 Year Moratorium on Immigration to give US time to stop illegal immigration, remove illegal aliens from the country and reset the legal immigration system so what's happened to our country with respect to immigration both legal and illegal, never happens again.