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Immigration fueling huge population jump, study warns

“In the panel discussion, Roy Beck, a former environmental journalist who now heads the grass roots activist organization NumbersUSA, called the report ‘thoroughly depressing’ and said it foreshadows steady deterioration in the quality of life…”http://signonsandiego.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=SignOnSanDiego.com+%3E+News+%3E+Nation+–+Immigration+fueling+huge+population+jump%2C+study+warns&expire=&urlID=23709133&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.signonsandiego.com%2Fnews%2Fnation%2F20070830-1525-cnsimmig.html&partnerID=621By Jerry Kammer, Copley News Service

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For employers, cost to be high for illegal hires

“‘If they’re trying to make another effort at amnesty in the fall, then this is a pretty smart thing they’re doing,’ said Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, a Virginia-based organization that helped engineer a fierce grass-roots campaign in June to defeat a bipartisan Senate bill that would have offered legalization to undocumented immigrants…”Chicago Tribune

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Placating the GOP base or protecting the workplace?

“‘A lot of people on our side are saying the same thing,’ says Roy Beck, director of NumbersUSA, an ‘immigrant reduction’ organization opposed to granting citizenship to illegal immigrants, which processed more than 2 million faxes to Congress in opposition to the Senate bill. ‘We believe these very public and dramatic raids were designed to … Continued

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Black civil rights activist opposes push for immigration amnesty

“Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, which belongs to the [Coalition for the Future American Worker] and supports capping immigration, said he hopes to run radio spots featuring [T. Willard Fair, president of the Urban League of Greater Miami]. He said he was captivated by him after attending a symposium in Washington that Fair initiated … Continued

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Top GOP Hopefuls Keep Distance on Immigration

“‘[Giuliani] was constantly extolling the glory of illegal immigration,’ said Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA, a group that advocates limits on immigration and penalties for undocumented workers. ‘He’s backing away from some of it now…'”http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/14/AR2007051401356_2.html?hpid=topnewsThe Washington Post

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Senate to open debate on immigration bill

“”Already by Friday afternoon, we had some of the Republican offices calling us and saying: ‘Would you tell your members we’re definitely going to vote no, and will you call off the phone calls?’ said Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, which has deemed the bill an amnesty for illegal aliens and whose members already … Continued

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How Conservatives Enhanced Online Voice

“The public mood against an immigration bill seems to have developed swiftly after that. The Senate last summer passed a bill that was seen as more generous to illegal immigrants, but ‘talk radio was nowhere’ then, said Roy Beck of NumbersUSA, a Washington group that opposes increased immigration…” http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118342051295656015-Upz7HdzrbE2jsOAYRx0UwpVlDfA_20070801.html?mod=tff_main_tff_topBy June Kronholz and Amy Schatz, in … Continued

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New Immigration Ratings On All Presidential Candidates In 16 Categories

Every candidate wants voters to think he/she would end future illegal immigration. But NumbersUSA’s Roy Beck finds that of 15 candidates of both parties, only six are even making promises that rate them as “good” or “excellent” on fighting future illegal immigration. Likewise, only four of these 15 are making promises that rate them as … Continued

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Senate Votes Against AgJOBS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESenators Heard Constituent Pressure to Vote Against AmnestyWASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Senate voted against the AgJOBS amnesty. In a procedural vote requiring 60 votes to limit debate and ensure a vote on the amendment the Senate voted 53 to 45 to invoke cloture, effectively keeping the amnesty off the Iraq Supplemental. The … Continued

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