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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

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

Debt Debate Over; Time for Congress to Lower Immigration and Create Jobs for Unemployed Americans

By Chris Chmielenski

While the nation has been transfixed by the recent debt ceiling debate, 22 million Americans have continued their search for a full-time job. Now that a compromise on the debt ceiling has been reached, Members of both parties are promising to get back to work creating jobs. Yet their promises are hard to believe considering … Continued

Jobs Bill Passes House Judiciary Committee (would kill the Visa Lottery)

By Roy Beck

After three years of a Jobs Depression, we saw today the first action by Congress to stop driving up unemployment by importing so many immigrant workers. The House Judiciary Committee voted 19-11 just before noon to pass H.R. 704, the SAFE for America Act, to end the Visa Lottery.   (See roll call at bottom of blog.) … Continued

MY TIPS FOR OBAMA JOBS SUMMIT: Put Hundreds of Thousands Back to Work FOR FREE

By Roy Beck

Nobel-award winning economist Paul Krugman can’t figure it out. So, I doubt that he or any of the other hot-shot business and academic experts at Pres. Obama’s jobs summit Thursday will bring up the fact that hundreds of thousands additional Americans could be working a year from now by changing immigration quotas (FOR FREE). I’m … Continued

Let’s Kill the Lottery Before It Gives Away Another 50,000 U.S. Jobs to Foreign Workers

By Roy Beck

Congress and the Administration still plan to go through with a program that every fall, in effect, takes 50,000 U.S. jobs  and raffles them off to foreign workers on pure chance. Never mind that 14 million unemployed Americans are looking for a job. If that doesn’t make any sense to you, get passionate about Rep. … 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