[From “Virginia Abernethy Q and A”]

What follows is an interview conducted by James Edwards with Dr. Virginia Abernethy[…]
Edwards: Many of your published works have dealt with the topics of population and culture[…]How would you summarize your findings?
Abernethy: People have more children when they foresee expanding opportunity, and fewer if they anticipate scarcity and shrinking opportunity. Immigrants see more opportunities[…]so they have a higher fertility rate[…]
Immigration leads to population growth not only in the United States but also worldwide. The world now has over eight billion people. Ecologists suggest that the long-term[…]carrying capacity of the world is two and a half billion
E:[…]What is the average American not considering about the threats of a rapidly ballooning population?
A:[…]Immigrants may have vastly different cultures than what is valued here. What if rule of law is foreign to them? What happens if women are considered second-class? What happens when equality of opportunity is not valued? Does our America survive?[…]
Legal and illegal immigrants consume, on average, a disproportionate amount of resources spent on social safety and welfare programs. Given the huge national debt and limited State budgets, more for immigrants results in less support for native-born Americans
E:[…]Wy has the government allowed mass immigration that has driven a cultural and economic change that has been detrimental to most Americans?
A:[…]Democrats think that they can make immigrants dependent on them through welfare and social safety net programs, guaranteeing Democratic electoral victories as far as the eye can see. And “country club” Republicans want the cheap labor[…]
E: You have previously described yourself as an ethnic separatist. Why is this both a perfectly natural and healthy position?
A: Experience and history show that people like to be with “their own”; and are comfortable with their own kind