“Immigration remains a vital domestic issue in the US and appears poised to play a prominent role in the 2016 presidential elections. With concerns about population control reaching the forefront of national debate, Cafaro bucks traditional ideological trends and strongly urges fellow progressives to note that mass immigration no longer aligns with progressive ideals. Chapters are dedicated to critical examinations of the unseen impact mass immigration has on labor inequality, working conditions, national economic maturity, and society’s relationship with nature. After presenting strong arguments as to why mass immigration must cease in the US if the country wishes to be truly progressive, Cafaro presents a detailed seven-point plan on how to best accomplish this goal. Included are suggestions for ending birthright citizenship, tying immigration allowances to the national unemployment rate, cutting immigration rates back to standards from 1965, and mandating a national employee verification program. Equally important to the policy proposals put forth are the efforts to dispel many of the anticipated challenges to the proposals, treated in the following chapter. A great addition to collections on American political issues and public policy. . . . Highly recommended.”

Choice

“Cafaro’s work is highly original, focusing on a question that most liberals, as well as libertarians, studiously avoid, and showing that it is the key question that they must be pushed to consider. At the same time it is balanced, drawing on the work of both supporters and detractors. Indeed, Cafaro’s treatment of this controversial subject is calm and even-tempered, deploying his few barbs only where they are truly justified.”

Herman E. Daly, author of Steady-State Economics

“An articulate and readable book about a subject too long ignored, even considered taboo, in American public policy: overpopulation. Cafaro provides convincing arguments that Americans cannot create an ecologically sustainable society with twice as many people, or successfully combat growing economic inequality while flooding labor markets with millions of poor and desperate job seekers. A wake-up call for progressives to rethink immigration matters and support policies that further the common good.”

Richard D. Lamm, former Governor of Colorado and author of Condition Critical

“Dealing with immigration to the United States—legal and illegal—is of the utmost importance, because immigration is the biggest driver of our explosive population growth, which is the biggest plight we face. Cafaro is our most trustworthy thinker and writer about immigration matters, because he does not demonize immigrants but rather sympathizes with them, while clearly showing that continued high immigration will be deadly to American wildlands and wildlife, as well as to our culture of liberty and tolerance. Read How Many Is Too Many? to understand the tangled problem of immigration.”

Dave Foreman, author of Take Back Conservation