The Truth About Chain Migration

By Jeremy Beck

As its name suggests, the Nuclear Family Priority Act (H.R. 2705; S. 1328) would limit family-based green cards to spouses and minor children.

Farewell to Jane Goodall — Population Activist

By Leon Kolankiewicz

Pioneering primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall passed away last week at the age of 91. She was a champion of chimpanzees, conservation … and population activism.

Trump: Next president could “open the border in two minutes”

By Jeremy Beck

Illegal border crossings are at historic lows and inadmissible aliens inside the U.S. are returning home in record numbers. But President Trump acknowledged on Friday that his administration’s policies are not permanent. They could be reversed by another administration just as quickly as the Biden Administration reversed those of the first Trump Administration.

60 Years of the Hart-Celler Act and Mass Immigration

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.

Immigration stakes in the government shutdown

By Jeremy Beck

Some of the arguments are a matter of semantics, such as whether or not one considers the millions of inadmissible aliens mass paroled into the country by the Biden Administration as legal or illegal.

Pittsburgh Named America’s Top City for Affordable Housing

By Henry Barbaro

An important reason for this affordability has been Pittsburgh’s low rate of international immigration, which has helped stabilize the area’s population and moderated pressure on the housing market. Housing affordability in American cities is strongly correlated with immigration rates and population growth. In New York, San Francisco and Boston, population increases have fueled soaring housing costs, putting homeownership out of reach for most younger residents.

How Congress can take the pressure off ICE

By Jeremy Beck

Congress should reintroduce and pass H.R. 2 from the previous Congress to secure the border – and the workplace – forever. Without E-Verify, the crushing burden of reversing the worst border crisis in history falls on ICE alone. With E-Verify, the jobs magnet disappears, and people who came illegally lose their biggest reason to remain here.

H-1B executive order should signal Congress: Act!

By Henry Barbaro

Even better would be for Congress to pass legislation to replace the H-1B lottery with a system where visas are awarded based on employers’ willingness to pay the highest wages. NumbersUSA’s Great Solutions bill S. 2821, the American Tech Workforce Act, would do just that. Visit our Action Board to ask your Senators and Congressional Representative to co-sponsor this pro-worker legislation.

Population Growth Drying Out Arizona’s San Pedro River

By Philip Cafaro

Two thirds of Arizona’s population growth between 1982 and 2017 was due to immigration into the state, both internationally and from Californians fleeing crowding and the high the cost of living.