By Jeremy Beck
We’ve displayed Barbara Jordan’s quote on our homepage for years as a reminder of this simple but profound truth: every democratic nation has both the right and the responsibility to craft an immigration policy that serves its own national community.
By Jeremy Beck
In the end, the bill changed both the “which ones” and the “how many.” The discriminatory quotas were abolished, but immigration numbers almost immediately doubled. Decades of declining inequality, an expanding middle class, and shrinking racial wealth gaps were halted and reversed.
NumbersUSA has educated and rallied millions of voters since 1996 around immigration policies to reduce both illegal and legal immigration levels to protect America’s wage-earners, natural habitats, and local communities. Today the House passed H.R. 1 “the One Big Beautiful Bill” by vote of 218-214 and it’s now on the way to President Trump’s desk … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Barbara Jordan died twenty-eight years ago on this day, January 17th. Her last act of public service to the national community that she loved was to lead the bipartisan U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform. At the time of her death, she was on the cusp of ushering in a new golden age of immigration. Her … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
President George H. Bush signed the Immigration Act of 1990 into law 34 years ago. The anniversary fell on “Black Friday” this year. The legislation certainly was a steal of a deal for anyone in the market for discount labor. The bill opened up access to the global workforce to an extent not seen since … Continued
By Andre Barnes
According to an April 1-22 Gallup survey, immigration was named the top problem in the U.S. for the third straight month. But why? It has been my pleasure to speak with Americans around the country to find out. I have also been to the border where I wandered into some tall weeds. There our guide … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Today is Barbara Jordan’s birthday. She would have been 88 years old. Tragically, she died in 1996, just before Congress voted on the immigration recommendations she developed over the last years of her life.
By Jeremy Beck
In the last act of a rich career of public service, Jordan led the commission through the most thorough examination of the impact of U.S. immigration policies of any federal commission to date.
By Roy Beck
See below the religious affiliations of NumbersUSA’s activist members. Our survey unveils a remarkable diversity that reflects our nation as a whole. The results defy efforts of open-borders enthusiasts to paint NumbersUSA as coming from a narrow spectrum of the American people. Approximately the same percentage of our members as the public at large report having … Continued
