NumbersUSA In the News

Feds' target Arpaio, jeopardize us

Quoted - Saturday, October 24, 2009

State and local involvement in immigration-law enforcement is essential these days, as foreign nationals bent on terrorism remain a looming threat, as Mexican drug cartels and other international crime syndicates extend their reach into American communities, and as illegal workers increasingly resort to identity fraud to stay employed in scarce jobs.

By utilizing immigration-law-enforcement tools in connection with local crime-suppression operations in Maricopa County, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been keeping us all safer.

By Jessica M. Vaughn and James R. Edwards -- Arizona Republic Op-Ed

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/2009/10/24/20091024vaughn25.html

NAE Deals with Criticism After Immigration Statement

Quoted - Sunday, October 18, 2009

But NumbersUSA, a public policy group that favors reducing the United States’ annual immigration levels, has denounced the NAE’s resolution as lobbying for amnesty and increasing foreign labor importation when American citizens are struggling to find jobs.

Based on its interview with Major George Hood, the Salvation Army’s national community relations secretary, NumbersUSA emphasized that not all members of the NAE have endorsed the immigration resolution.

Hood told NumbersUSA that the Salvation Army, one of the largest denominations in the NAE, did not endorse the resolution because it wanted to remain neutral on the immigration issue in terms of U.S. policy. Whether illegal immigrants should be given a pathway to become U.S. citizens is not the kind of political issue the Salvation Army is involved with, Hood said.

By Michelle A. Vu -- Christian Post

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20091018/nae-deals-with-criticism-after-immigration-statement/index.html

Wise as Doves and Harmless as Serpents

Quoted - Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Roy Beck, a very active United Methodist layman, has a couple of blogs on this (here and here), including contact information for the headquarters staff of most major denominations, evangelical and otherwise.

By Mark Krikorian -- National Review Online

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MjA4MmU4ZWE4NWYxZjA4YjVlYzM4Y2JkODc1YmM1ODM

"Toughest Sheriff in America" Stripped of ICE Agent Status

Quoted - Monday, October 5, 2009

In response to the news, NumbersUSA Vice President of Government Relations Rosemary Jenks said Monday afternoon, "State and local law enforcement officers have the inherent authority to enforce all the laws of our land, including immigration laws, with or without 287(g) agreements ... society as a whole benefits if officers have the training they need to identify immigration violators wherever they may encounter them ... NumbersUSA will continue to encourage state and local law enforcement officers to use their inherent authority and their common sense to enforce our immigration laws."

By Dawn Teo -- Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawn-teo/toughest-sheriff-in-ameri_b_310314.html

Group expresses support for 287 (g) program

Quoted - Thursday, October 1, 2009

Hvidston said We the People, California Crusaders is a San Bernardino County group which works peacefully within the political system and is affiliated with Numbers USA, a national group which seeks to limit illegal immigration.

“We target institutions which are the real culprits behind people who are in our country illegally,” she said.

Fontana (CA) Herald News

http://www.fontanaheraldnews.com/articles/2009/10/01/news/doc4ac41f98bb053839796558.txt

Santa Cruz heritage plan advances, but not before border-control flap

Quoted - Wednesday, September 30, 2009

But that's exactly how Roy Beck, head of a Virginia-based group that seeks to reduce immigration, spun the debate's outcome: as a victory for those favoring sterner border controls. It came on top of the recent health-care-overhaul flap in which the Obama administration was pushed by critics to make it clear that his health-care bill won't give illegal immigrants more benefits.

"We want anyone in power to know that if they bring any kind of bill on any subject to the floor that leaves something about immigration in question, that bill is going to be susceptible to great controversy and to perhaps being blocked," said Beck, executive director of Numbers USA, which organized the push for tougher border language. "As soon as a politician says you don't need that language because it is already covered," that is when you know it is needed, Beck said.

By Tony Davis -- Arizona Daily Star

http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/310800

Leaders mulling verification law

Quoted - Wednesday, September 30, 2009

As of April, the most recent date for which statistics are available, 12 states had passed laws requiring some or all employers to use E-Verify in hiring new employees. Five states had E-Verify laws under discussion by their legislatures, according to NumbersUSA, a political action committee concerned with immigration issues.

Betty Mitchell Gray - Washington Daily News

http://www.wdnweb.com/articles/2009/09/30/news/doc4ac28bf9bb6b1943961843.txt

Undocumented UM student's hopes hinge on DREAM bill

Quoted - Monday, September 28, 2009

Roy Beck is executive director and founder of Washington, D.C.-based NumbersUSA, an organization that lobbied against the 2007 version of the DREAM Act and opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants.

Beck said he's sympathetic to Rivera's situation, but added that the DREAM Act is not an appropriate path to citizenship for immigrant children who were brought to this country by undocumented parents.

"You can take a lot of these individuals and you can make a compelling case for their story," Beck said. "If it was just this guy, I've got no problem with this guy being given amnesty. But there are apparently about 500,000 of these people in this country."

Beck said the DREAM Act, as written, contains loopholes that would allow people who receive amnesty under the law to apply to have their family members put on a path toward citizenship.

By John S. Adams -- Tribune Capitol Bureau

Roy Beck is executive director and founder of Washington, D.C.-based NumbersUSA, an organization that lobbied against the 2007 version of the DREAM Act and opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants.

Beck said he's sympathetic to Rivera's situation, but added that the DREAM Act is not an appropriate path to citizenship for immigrant children who were brought to this country by undocumented parents.

"You can take a lot of these individuals and you can make a compelling case for their story," Beck said. "If it was just this guy, I've got no problem with this guy being given amnesty. But there are apparently about 500,000 of these people in this country."

Beck said the DREAM Act, as written, contains loopholes that would allow people who receive amnesty under the law to apply to have their family members put on a path toward citizenship.

He said that would lead to massive fraud and open the door to thousands of new immigrants who could pour into the country in order to take advantage of the amnesty provisions in the law.

"When you allow people to break the law, and then allow them to harvest what they broke the law to get, you encourage more illegal activity," Beck said.

By John S. Adams -- Tribune Capitol Bureau

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After Being Ignored By White House, 521 Immigration Groups Join To Protest Obama's Inaction

Quoted - Thursday, August 27, 2009

Numbers USA Executive Director Roy Beck, an advocate of immigration enforcement, doesn't trust Obama or the comprehensive immigration reform advocates who criticize him, "In order to satisfy this [pro-immigration] wing of his supporters, Obama not only has to give amnesty to current immigration law breakers but also has to promise no enforcement of future immigration law breakers. They are just unrealistic. Even the slightest hint of enforcement sends them over the edge."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawn-teo/after-being-ignored-by-wh_b_270451.html

S.C. restrictions leave illegal immigrants’ futures uncertain

Quoted - Saturday, August 1, 2009

Rosemary Jenks, director of government relations for NumbersUSA, a conservative group, said the boom in South Carolina immigration is troubling for many reasons. She said it hurts the environment, adds to traffic congestion and strains the health-care system.

“Any natural resource issues will be made worse by population issues,” she said.

By Titus Ledbetter III -- Independent Mail (Anderson, S.C.)

http://www.independentmail.com/news/2009/aug/01/between-borders-sc-lawmakers-placing-new-restricti/

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