Next time you are stuck in traffic, blame an immigrant. FAIR's broadcast and print ads highlight the ills associated with suburban sprawl, then point to immigration as the underlying culprit. FAIR ran anti-sprawl commercials earlier this year in Iowa and South Carolina during the primary season, and is now concentrating on the Washington D.C. area.
Population growth is the predominant cause of urban sprawl.
Immigration and the high immigrant birth rates are the cause of population growth. Most immigrants move to already-congested metropolitan areas, displacing many of the native residents. Nearly all Americans refuse to live like The New York Times editorial writers, crammed into high-rise apartment buildings on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where Communists outnumber Republicans. Cities experiencing no population growth also grapple with excessive sprawl, which suggests that faulty urban planning, demand for new housing and tax and transportation policies are the real culprits. Immigrants, in any case, congregate in city centers and older suburbs.