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CCN's 5 Point Program
National Revitalization
Population Stabilization Immigration Reduction Economic Sustainability Resource Conservation
WHAT IS CARRYING CAPACITY?
A common fallacy is to equate existing and seemingly open or "unused" spaces with the kind of resources and ecologically productive land needed to support human life under modern conditions. In fact, the criterion for determining whether a region is overpopulated is not land area, but carrying capacity.
Carrying capacity refers to the number of individuals who can be supported in a given area within natural resource limits, and without degrading the natural social, cultural and economic environment for present and future generations. The carrying capacity for any given area is not fixed. It can be altered by improved technology, but mostly it is changed for the worse by pressures which accompany a population increase. As the environment is degraded, carrying capacity actually shrinks, leaving the environment no longer able to support even the number of people who could formerly have lived in the area on a sustainable basis. No population can live beyond the environment's carrying capacity for very long.
The average American's "ecological footprint" (the demands an individual endowed with average amounts of resources, ie, land, water, food, fiber, waste assimilation and disposal, etc. puts on the environment) is about 12 acres, an area far greater than that taken up by one's residence and place of school or work and other places where he or she is.
We must think in terms of "carrying capacity" not land area. The effects of unfettered population growth drastically reduce the carrying capacity in the United States.
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CCN
Action Alert & Article Archive
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September
2005 URGENT:
NEW HEALTH THREAT - Mass immigration bringing (ever more) new diseases
to the U.S. -
Now
more than ever a moratorium is crucial to Stem the Tide and Prevent
an Epidemic
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June
2005 URGENT:
NEW THREAT - Bill Would Amnesty Millions of Illegals -
URGENT:
NEW THREAT - Bill Would Amnesty Millions of Illegals CCN's HOLISTIC
STRATEGY STOPS THE TRIPLE THREAT to U.S. Social Security, Jobs,
and Border Security Social Security Serious Immediate Threat - Must
Act NOW
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May
2005 IMPORTING
VIOLENCE: How mass immigration is bringing violent crime to your
community - Culture
is just one determinant of individual behavior and is never
predictive of any particular behavior or particular person's behavior.
Nevertheless, violence characterizes some of the diverse cultures
that are increasingly represented in the United States.
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April
2005 Flawed REAL ID
Bill passes House, still needs revision in Senate Help
CCN Ensure Passage of a Good Bill - Thanks
to CCN & allies' efforts, the REAL ID Act, H.R.418, recently
passed in the House of Representatives. The bill would limit 1)driver's
licenses issuance to citizens and aliens legally in the U.S. 2)set
minimum criteria for state driver's licenses and ID documents, 3)
prevent abuse of asylum laws, and 4)complete the border fence. Unfortunately,
three "Big Brotheresque" provisions that CCN has identified
as seriously problematic were in the house version and could be
reinserted in the Senate version or in Conference.
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December
2004 Neo-Con Immigration
Reform Lite Groups Revealed! - Another
session of Congress has closed without any reduction in the legal
immigration flow of over one million per year. And those two Neo-Conservative
Immigration Reform Lite Groups we've been talking about for the
last few months were again instrumental in impeding any reductions.
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May
2004 Ecosystems, Food
& Energy Supplies Threatened by Population Growth - The
Open Borders lobby, led by the Bush Administration, and powered
by well-funded special interest groups and certain big business
lobbyists, are trying to pull one over on the American public by
pushing Congress to approve a plan for an amnesty of millions of
illegal aliens. But, together, we can stop this destructive plan.

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June
2002
EXCERPTS:
from Food, Land, Population and the U. S. Economy, by David
Pimentel.
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May
2002
ALERT! Increasing
acceptance of I.D.'s issued by consulates makes illegal mass immigration
and fraud easier.
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April
2002
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. Join
us! Check here for the latest openings at CCN.
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March
2002
CCN
is anti-mass immigration but NOT anti-immigrant.
We work as much for
the well being of our immigrant Americans as that of native-born
citizens.
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March
2002
ALERT! Opposition
Intensifies its Push for Massive Amnesty and Welfare Benefits for
Aliens, While Unemployment Soars and Mass Immigration Threatens
National Security.
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March
2002
Activist Feedback. CCN
is leading the way for grassroots immigration reduction activists
everywhere. Read what they're saying about CCN's policy stance and
action alerts!
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March
2002
Use the Letter Bank. Write
to your representatives, in support of the Mass Immigration reduction
Act of 2001! Use CCN's model letters as your guide.
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February
2002
Congratulations! To
grassroots activists from all over the USA who came to Washington,
D.C. earlier this month.
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February
2002
BUMPER STICKERS! Educate
your fellow drivers while you're stuck in traffic. Eight designs!
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January
2002
ASAP! Coalition's Lobbying Agenda for Activists
A guide for activists lobbying in Washington, D.C. February 12-15:
Our agenda should be determined by what is necessary to achieve
national security and U.S. population stabilization.
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Why
Support a Moratorium?
Get the facts about the detrimental impact of mass immigration.
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December
2001
MASS
IMMIGRATION IS A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT:
How To Work EFFECTIVELY to stop mass immigration, Part 2.
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November
2001
Beware
245(i) Extension!
Quick and dirty amnesty bill is a threat right up until the last
day of the Congressional Session.
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November
2001
We Had Warning: Federal immigration officials were warned almost
a year before Sept. 11 that it was "critical" to stop undocumented
refugee claimants from entering Canada, internal documents show.
By Tom Godfrey, the Toronto Sun.
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November
2001
See Representative Tom Tancredo's Congressional Immigration Reform
Caucus site, for the lastest information from the chairman.
Spead the Word: Click here to send CCN's homepage to friends and
activists!
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October
2001
The Kyoto treaty may be dead, but an alternative is emerging. Read
Herman E. Daly's excellent article, "Sustainable Development and
Opec."
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The projected costs of legal and illegal immigration to taxpayers
is $931.79 BILLION, 1998-2007. Take a look for yourself.
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October
2001
A NATIONAL SECURITY -- IMMIGRATION POLICY TRAGEDY: The National
Commission on Terrorism found that "The massive flows of people
across U.S. borders makes exclusion of all foreign terrorists impossible."
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September
2001
Read Rep. Tancredo's Sovereignty of American Borders resolution,
affirming the commitment of Congress to preserving the sovereignity
of the U.S. and the integrity of its border.
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Join
ASAP !
The Alliance for Stabilizing America's Population is made up of
environmental groups and activists that strive to educate legislators
on the need to protect the environment, and preserve our quality
of life.
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Gallup
Poll !
83% of Americans OPPOSE increases in immigration.
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Read
"The Environmental Impact of Immigration into the U.S." by Jason
DinAlt
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New
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Immigration Moratorium: Effective Path to Living Wage for Working
Americans, by Dr. Virginia Abernethy
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Analysis
The Demographic Transition Revisited: Lessons for Foreign Aid and
U.S. Immigration Policy, by Dr. Virginia Abernethy.
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Important
Legislation !
Rep. Tom Tancredo has introduced his Mass Immigration Reduction
Act of 2001.
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Amnesty
alert !
Bush attempting to amnesty 3 million illegal immigrants.
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Action
alert !
Guest Worker Bill would allow more than 8 Million Illegal and Legal
Immigrants into the U.S.
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KNIGHT
RIDDER NEWS SERVICE REPORTS:
Researchers say the overcrowded cities, water shortages and electricity
brownouts in 21st century California, India and Brazil are ominous
reminders of the fate of ancient Rome, Babylon and the Maya empire.
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Energy
Crisis !
The root cause of the energy crisis: mass immigration-generated
population growth.
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Contact
your leaders in Congress serving on Immigration committees!
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Immigration
Dims California's Power, by Robin Lazaro
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What
is carrying capacity?
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Order
CCN publications.
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Visit
other important population stabilization sites.

CCN is a group of activists working to promote and conserve
what's right with America and to eliminate what's wrong with
America. Most of America's main problems - from traffic, to
classroom crowding, to pollution, depletion, welfare dependency,
increasing taxes, and cultural fragmentation, have
deep roots in our unsustainable population growth. Because of
that, CCN focuses on stabilizing our population. We are even
willing to face the awkward demographic fact that immigration is
the cause of most of our recent growth (at current rates,
immigration will cause about 90% of our growth as we double in
the next 60 years or so).
CCN simply wants to conserve the best of America - before it's
developed, overrun, consumed, and polluted by runaway
population growth. It's not too late, and we hope that you will
join us in this effort.
Note: CCN is anti-mass immigration
but NOT anti-immigrant. At NETWORK , we understand that immigration
is a sensitive issue. While we hope to encourage debate on this topic
and challenge the status quo, it is important to note that our battle
is being waged for the future of the United States of America-- for
preservation of quality of life, respect for law, national security
and a sustainable population size and level of resource use.
These goals do not threaten immigrants. Rather, established immigrants
are quick to see that continuing, explosive growth in population size
will recreate conditions in the United States that are similar to conditions
in their countries of origin and from which they fled. No prejudice
nor lack of compassion guides us. Rather, we desire a sustainable future
for all. We push for the enactment of sensible policies and we demand
enforcement of existing US law.
At NETWORK we work as much for the well being of our immigrant Americans
as that of native-born citizens. We were the founding sponsor of the
Diversity Coalition for an Immigration Moratorium in order to help achieve
a sensible immigration policy. We encourage everyone who cares about
the future of America to join us.
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