Immigration fueling huge population jump, study warns
Immigration fueling huge population jump, study warns
By Jerry Kammer
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
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3:25 p.m. August 30, 2007
WASHINGTON – If flows of legal and illegal immigration continue at current rates, they will boost the population of the United States by 105 million by 2060, according to a study released here Thursday.
That growth, coupled with births among current residents, would boost the nation's population to 468 million from its current level of 301 million, reported the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that advocates lower levels of immigration.
“The central question these projections raise is – what costs and benefits come with having a much larger population and a more densely settled country,â€