TV Ads Try to Educate About Immigration and Jobless Stats that Media & Elected Officials Are Hiding

By Roy Beck

So far you haven’t seen the stats in the mainstream media.  You haven’t heard national politicians talking about them.  But now an extensive nationwide educational campaign on cable TV will expose Americans to two outrageous government statistics.    And the 2 banned statistics are . . . . 2.5 million Americans lost jobs in 2008 … Continued

New Sen. Gillibrand May Be NY’s Top Democratic Champion for the Unemployed (supports keeping illegal aliens out of U.S. jobs)

By Roy Beck

(Originally filed at 1 p.m., 23JAN09)  No Democrat in New York’s large congressional delegation has shown more promise in truly bringing relief to the unemployed, especially in her approach to immigration issues. After only one term in the U.S. House, we still have a lot to learn about Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), who was appointed Friday … Continued

Bush To The End Doesn’t Understand That Immigration Laws Are Meant To Protect U.S. Workers

By Roy Beck

We should be open-minded about big issues like immigration reform, because if we’re viewed as anti-somebody — in other words, if the party is viewed as anti-immigrant — then another fellow may say, well, if they’re against the immigrant, they may be against me. — Pres. Bush to Brit Hume on Fox News Sunday To … Continued

524,000 More Americans Lose Jobs in DEC …… Amnesty Leaders Blast NumbersUSA For Urging Fewer Foreign Workers

By Roy Beck

You can tell who cares about America’s workers by their response to the devastating news that another 524,000 Americans lost their jobs in December. According to many of the national pro-amnesty leaders, the most important response to all those unemployed Americans is to make sure that 7 million U.S. jobs are never available to Americans. … Continued

Our Urgent Request of Obama — Stop Importing Foreign Workers

By Roy Beck

A national crisis requires bold action. NumbersUSA today urged President-Elect Obama to immediately suspend most importation of foreign workers to give relief to the American workers who will be left without a job if the importation continues. Unlike all other emergency recommendations, our call to action would not cost hundreds of billions of dollars. In … Continued

Paul Krugman and Illegal Immigration: Even a Nobel Laureate Can Be Wrong

By Charles Breiterman

Paul Krugman won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2008. But on the subject of illegal immigration, he is mistaken. He wrote in the New York Times: And I can’t share the outrage of those who say that illegal immigrants broke the law by coming here. Is that any worse than what my grandfather did … Continued