Dirk Chase Eldredge

In the following viewpoint, Dirk Chase Eldredge argues that America must restrict immigration to protect its environment, economy, and educational systems. The recent immigrant-fed population boom has caused overcrowding in cities, which in turn has resulted in increased pollution, power shortages, and a deteriorating quality of education. Moreover, the flood of cheap immigrant labor makes it more difficult for American workers to find jobs, and immigrants’ failure to acculturate creates ethnic conflict, Eldredge maintains. He suggests that the United States impose a ten-year moratorium on all immigration to assimilate current immigrants and to plan new immigration policies. Eldredge is the author of Crowded Land of Liberty: Solving America’s Immigration Crisis.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to Eldredge, how many illegal immigrants currently live in the United States?
2. On...