About CAIR - Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform

"It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest."
- the late U.S. Congresswoman, Barbara Jordan

Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform (CAIR) is a non-profit, Colorado organization seriously concerned with America's rapid population growth and the devastating effects that growth will have on the future of Colorado and the nation.

U.S. population will double this century - within the lifetimes of children born today. 70% of this doubling will be caused by mass immigration - that is, by recent immigrants and their descendents. That will require roughly twice as many houses, cars, roads, prisons, hospitals, schools, water treatment facilities, etc. The result will be twice as much pollution, sprawl and pressure on our dwindling natural resources and the resources that we draw from other countries.

It is said "America is a nation of immigrants." But humanity has been migrating for 10,000 years. All countries are nations of immigrants. At approximately 300 million people, America is now full, and it makes no sense to double U.S. population once again.

Accordingly, CAIR is calling for a pro-active, national policy to stabilize U.S. population and conserve our natural resources by insisting Congress set more realistic numbers of legal immigration (not exceeding 100,000 per year).

CAIR supports the principles of the ASAP! Alliance for Stabilizing America's Population, formulated in Colorado in 1997. This action plan consists of the following points:

1. Immigration Moratorium: We support immediate enactment of a 5-year immigration moratorium with an all-inclusive, firm cap of 100,000 immigrants (including refugees and asylees) per year.
2. No More Amnesties: We oppose additional amnesties granting legal status or citizenship to illegal aliens. Amnesties reward illegal behavior while unnecessarily adding to population growth, driving unending chain migration, and encouraging illegal entry to the U.S.
3. Enforce Immigration Laws: Existing laws requiring apprehension and deportation of all illegal aliens in the U.S. must be enforced. Officials failing to enforce our laws must be replaced.
4. No Citizenship for Illegal Aliens' Offspring: Offspring of illegal aliens should not be granted automatic U.S. citizenship. Many argue convincingly that the 14th Amendment does not guarantee citizenship to offspring of illegal aliens.

America need not apologize for taking these necessary, important steps to stabilize its population. Indeed, taking appropriate action now is indicative of wisdom, character and responsibility. We at CAIR are pro-immigrant and pro-immigration but at numbers consistent with sustainability. America will always be a land of opportunity for those seeking a better life, but it can not and must not come at the expense of its finite resources and of the future of its most precious of all resources, our children and grandchildren.

What we are doing

CAIR is active throughout Colorado in informing the citizens of Colorado and their elected representatives on the need for population stabilization through immigration reduction.

In the past we launched an educational billboard campaign throughout the metro Denver area. Our objective was to encourage important public dialog and media coverage of the issue. The text and images on our billboards emphasized that immigration-driven population growth is unsustainable and that Congress must act now to return immigration to sustainable levels.

By supporting CAIR (no donation is required), you can contribute your effort, no matter how large or small, or simply stay in touch with other activists. If you are a concerned resident of Colorado, please do get in touch with us.

We would also like to mention that CAIR is an all-volunteer effort. Contributions are gratefully accepted, and will help defer the cost of this website and other expenses.

Colorado Alliance News

Several years ago, CAIR made the decision to spin off an immigration news-related service, Colorado Alliance News. The news service is a service of CAIR but operates as a separate Colorado nonprofit corporation.

CAIR Director

Stan Weekes

CAIR Advisory Council

Jonette W. Christian, Founder, Mainers for Immigration Reform, Maine

Tom Goodreid, J.D.

Fred Elbel

William G. Herron, Ph.D.

Charles L. King, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Spanish, University of Colorado

Governor Richard D. Lamm (Colorado)

Terry Paulson, member Aspen City Council

Jim Spence, former INS agent

Yeh Ling-Ling, Director, Diversiry Alliance for a Sustainable America

"Just as a house needs a door, a nation needs a border."
- Richard D. Lamm, Gov. of Colorado, 1974-1986

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This website produced entirely by volunteer effort. Original wbsite by Fred Elbel.
Photographs copyright Fred Elbel / CAIR unless otherwise noted.

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