Project USA - Purpose

We at ProjectUSA believe the unprecedented level of foreigners arriving in the U.S. every day is a very significant situation and deserves the attention of the American people. We also believe Americans are misinformed about immigration and this is preventing rational discussion of the issue which, in turn, is preventing the implementation of wise public policy.

We are buying billboards all over the U.S. advertising the facts on immigration in order to stir public debate on the issue by educating Americans on immigration facts.

From 1925 to 1965 the U.S. was bringing in about 178,000 legal immigrants annually. Then, due to a major change in immigration law that allowed the entry of extended families ("chain migration"), the numbers of legal immigrants rose to an average of 507,000 annually during the 70s and 80s, and close to one million immigrants annually in the 90s.

In 1970, we were a country of 203 million. Today, we are a country of over 272 million. The U.S. has added 69 million people--the majority of them immigrants and their children--since 1970. Without Congress' help to bring down the the numbers, we will double in population by 2050 (from the 1970 figure).

Why is this happening? Does anyone think we don't have enough people in the United States yet? Does anyone really want the U.S. to become a place as desperately overcrowded as India, Mexico or China?

And if this environment destroying population crisis weren't bad enough, there is the cultural aspect to this problem. Culture matters, and we believe the modern ideology of "multi-culturalism" is wrong-headed; we believe that there is a unique and unifying American culture--that America is multi-ethnic, but monocultural.

We believe that this "multi-culturalism", coupled with the massive influx of foreigners we see today--higher than at any time in America's history-- is increasing the likelihood of a balkanized America.

America has always been a country with high levels of immigration followed by long periods of assimilation during which no, or very little, immigration occurred. This has helped to ensure that we are one American people. Given the extremely high levels of immigration since the 1960s, we believe assimilation has not occurred and is not occurring and that it is time for a lull, a chance to catch our collective breath. We therefore call for an immediate return to traditional levels of immigration.

We believe the major political parties will not seriously address the immigration problem for fear of being labeled mean-spirited racists. We have decided, therefore, to take our case to the true sovereign of the United States: the American people.

We believe we can create a groundswell of support to force the politicians to alter drastically our immigration policy by posting billboards all over our country informing public opinion on the facts surrounding immigration and thereby placing immigration at the center of public debate.

-- Craig Nelsen, President, Project USA

For more information and to contribute to the billboard project: http://www.ProjectUSA.org

More Common Sense From Craig Nelsen

[As we know, in the current social climate, the most effective way to shut down an opponent is to smear him with the "racist" label. Below Craig Nelsen of Project USA offers some practical observations on the issue of immigration and race.]

If we have racial problems today, how will our problems improve if we continue with an immigration policy that will lead to a country with a half billion people struggling to survive in an overpopulated country?

Shouldn't we first resolve the racial problems we have instead of continuing with an immigration policy that will double our population and risk exacerbating an already increasing tendency in our country toward group identity politics?

Yes, the immigration issue does, indeed, attract racists. But, it is our experience at ProjectUSA that most of these racists are to be found amongst our pro-mass immigration opponents.

To those opponents who insist that immigration is a racial issue, we always ask: "Well, then, since you are absolutely certain one's position on immigration is all about race, what are your racial reasons for supporting this current flood?" This question often causes confusion.

We believe that the confusion arises from our nation's unfortunate muddle-headedness on issues of race and culture. The current dogma of the "multi-cultural" ideology has convinced many Americans that "culture" and "race" are the same things. Just think of the endless paeans to multiculturalism in advertising, political speech, academia, etc.; they are always illustrated by a photo of people of different races. This is dangerous and wrong.

While a black American and a white American might be different colors, they are equally American, i.e., they share the same culture. Modern "multi-culturalists" are the true racists when they elevate skin color to a place as primary as culture.

Those who fear racial conflict or a rise of fascism should support our efforts. Remember, just because there are those who insist on viewing the world through the lens of race, does not mean everything is a racial issue.

Contact: http://www.ProjectUSA.org

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