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.

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.

What do you mean by ‘EVERYONE,’ Mr. President? EVERY category of Black voters soundly rejects your chain migration.

By Roy Beck

According to Pres. Biden in last week’s State of the Union address, “EVERYONE from labor unions to religious leaders to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce” supports his “immigration reform.” Apparently, African American voters aren’t part of his “everyone.” Polling of Black voters, for example, finds 57% opposed allowing any immigrant to bring or petition for … Continued

NPR’s Chain Migration Error

By Jeremy Beck

In her interview with Jose Antonio Vargas this week, NPR’s Rachel Martin mischaracterized separate proposals from David Frum and President Trump to reduce immigration. MARTIN: David Frum, who is a vocal Trump critic, agrees with President Trump on this idea of getting rid of a rule that says one member of the family who immigrates … Continued

New York Times demonstrates chain migration and dismisses debate with a bogus bromide

By Jeremy Beck

The New York Times provides an example of chain migration this week. The young engineer arrived in America when he was 23 with a good education and little else. He landed a job at a nuclear test site, and built a home in Nevada. Between the 1970s and the mid-1980s, he brought his wife, mother, … 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

Gang of 8 and Obama amnesties egregiously the same in 5 key areas

By Roy Beck

It was nice to see Republican Senators Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham indicate that the leaked White House amnesty outline over the weekend was far too radical to even consider.But — as many commentators have already noted — the Obama outline was pretty similar in key respects to what these pro-amnesty Republicans have been saying.For … Continued

‘Path to Citizenship’ would be Path to More Deficits, Chain Migration, Unemployment & Illegal Immigration

By Roy Beck

Very slowly, more and more Members of Congress are starting to look at the practical consequences of the Senate Gang of Eight’s broad proposals for a “path to citizenship” for some 11 million illegal aliens.  Elected officials have to be forced to consider that a better phrase would be that they are being asked to provide the … Continued

Obama Administration Decision to Defer Deportations Hurts Unemployed Americans

By Roy Beck

This column first appeared on FoxNews.com. Three years into a jobs Depression the Obama Administration again turned its back on unemployed Americans. The Department of Homeland Security announced it will individually review the 300,000 cases of illegal aliens currently holding deportation orders in an effort to appease his pro-amnesty critics. With this move illegal aliens … Continued