By Andrew Good
Last week, Chris Chmielenski, Wyatt (one of our nearby volunteers), and I went out to Indianapolis for the National Conference of State Legislatures’ 2023 Legislative Summit. As part of NumbersUSA’s expanding push on states to take action to combat the huge increase in illegal immigration, our exhibit centered on E-Verify. E-Verify is the free online … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Last week, NumbersUSA sent a team to the Texas State Fair grounds in Dallas, TX, site of the largest Earth Day exposition in the world, EarthX. We presented our new study on Texas sprawl, and shared our exhibit with over a fifteen hundred people, most of whom were not surprised to learn that Texas has … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Purple plains, prairies, and croplands are giving way to urban megalopolises that most people don’t want to live in. Those are two of the emerging findings from the over 20 years of studies that NumbersUSA has produced, including our latest: Americans have always taken pride in our agriculture. Texans are no different. Ninety-three percent of … Continued
By Eric Ruark
A major piece of immigration legislation was advanced by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee last Wednesday night. The Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023 (H.R. 2640) was passed by a near-party line vote of 23-15. The only dissenting Republican was Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who expressed opposition to the E-Verify provisions. The legislation contained … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
E-Verify: Facts & Stats Free and Simple: E-Verify is a free and simple Web-based system that verifies the employment eligibility of newly hired employees. Verification only: E-Verify “never provides your employer with any, citizenship, immigration status, or document information about you.” See for yourself: E-Verify Self Check. Anyone can see if their records are up … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
America’s immigration system is in overshoot. Between overstays and gottaways, we have a million additional people looking for illegal employment opportunities every year. An obvious first step toward establishing a credible, fair, and sustainable immigration policy would be for the House to pass the bi-partisan Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 319). Take Action Immigration-driven population growth … Continued
By Andrew Good
Amid border happenings, sanctuary policies outrages, and declarations that New York City is “full” of migrants, the underlying truth about the immigration battle is that it is fundamentally between those with an insatiable appetite for more foreign workers, and those who embrace the social good of tight labor markets. The economic question has the deepest … Continued
With the Southwest Border under the control of cartels and American workers struggling to make ends meet, the House of Representatives is spending this week considering a bill to eliminate limits on legal immigration to the United States. The bill is H.R. 3648, the Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment Act of 2022, … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Some of us took time over Thanksgiving to invoke our ancestors who came to these shores generations ago. For many, our relatives established themselves here during The Great Wave of Immigration. We honor their struggles. We celebrate their perseverance through adversity. We give thanks – for them and for their migration to the land we … Continued
