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Sierra Club rejects immigration proposal
Sierra Club members on Monday rejected a change in the group's immigration policy that would have advocated reducing migration to the United States as a way to lessen the environmental consequences of population growth.Of the 122,308 members who voted, nearly 84 percent voted to defeat the proposal, the club said in a statement. About 16 percent of the club's more than 750,000 members cast ballots during voting that began in early March... Sierrans for U.S. Population Stabilization, a network of club activists seeking to limit immigration, backed five of their own candidates and pushed a "yes" vote. None of the group's candidates won board seats... Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-04-26 |
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