Immigration Reducers in 16 Tight Races

By Roy Beck

The closest races for the U.S. House of Representatives include 16 with a candidate committed to lower immigration who is competing with a candidate who is not. Most of these 16 — who are as likely to lose as to win — are incumbents with good reduction records in Congress. In an email to all … Continued

New projections warn of a much-more-congested future if immigration policies aren’t changed.

By Roy Beck

The Census Bureau’s projections of where U.S. population size is headed are dire. But a new chart (see below) we have produced from the projections also contains a much brighter prospect if the country makes just moderate immigration reductions. This chart is the most recent update of many NumbersUSA has produced since 1996. The bottom … Continued

How many gumballs does it take to turn a head at the largest Earth Day expo in the world?

By Roy Beck

In some ways, NumbersUSA is the Organization That Gumballs Built (see the Gumballs Video that launched us in 1996). So it is fitting that we are flying our gumball colors high in the world’s largest Earth Day expo here at the Texas State Fairgrounds with our 7-foot-tall gumball machine. As an organization with “numbers” in our name, … Continued

Being a ‘home-grown’ terrorist doesn’t mean immigration policy irrelevant

By Roy Beck

I’m seeing a lot about “home-grown” terrorists from news media and open-borders enthusiasts. They seem to be suggesting that the fact that many of the perpetrators were not recent immigrants means that immigration policies don’t play a significant role in {text} and the next target cities. Of course, there are many factors other than immigration … Continued

Rubio plummeted from 1st to 6th in 2013 over Gang’s ‘violence’ against wage-earner voters. He never recovered.

By Roy Beck

In January of 2013 before the nation knew Marco Rubio primarily as the face of the Gang of Eight comprehensive amnesty bill, he was at the top of Republican voters’ preferences for the 2016 presidential nomination. By the time Rubio and his Gang pushed the amnesty through the Senate that summer, the respected Public Policy … Continued

His talk of worker shortages undermines Trump’s generally strong immigration stances

By Roy Beck

NumbersUSA has announced to the media that we have downgraded Donald Trump on our Worker-Protection Immigration Grade Cards based on his statements in the last two debates that suggest the country has a labor shortage in a couple of categories that he indicates need foreign workers. Since we began issuing the grades last spring, we … Continued

1st two state GOP winners defied party leaders on immigration expansionism

By Roy Beck

This was my statement to the national media tonight:.. Today Republican voters again expressed their feelings of betrayal by the Republican Party establishment. Trump was elevated with his promises to defy the party leaders on immigration expansionism in which the concerns of workers are a low priority. The Iowa and New Hampshire contests have been … Continued

2/3rds Iowa GOP voters choose candidates who want less immigrant worker competition

By Roy Beck

Iowa Republicans tonight voted 2-to-1 for candidates who want less immigrant labor competition over candidates who continue to think American workers need MORE immigrant competition for jobs. Here was my statement to the national media as soon as the results were in: Beleaguered American workers scored a victory in the GOP race as two-thirds of … Continued

2016 worker-protection immigration report card

By Roy Beck

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