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GOP leader reveals strategy for immigration bill push

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Goodlatte should get some credit for his emphasis on boosting security inside the country, not just at the border, said Roy Beck, the founder of NumbersUSA, a group that pushes for low immigration levels. He is also right to be skeptical of presidents’ willingness to enforce laws, said Beck.

Goodlatte, however, also endorsed an amnesty and more foreign workers, said Beck. “He didn’t show any concern for American workers and the reason you have immigration laws is to protect workers and the unemployed,” Beck said.

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Immigration-Bill Pressure Backfires: Overhaul Backers Target Majority Whip, but Tactic Provokes Response From Opponents

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The group Numbers USA, which calls for limits on immigration, also grew concerned that Mr. McCarthy might support legislation it considered to be amnesty for people who had illegally entered the country. It directed its members to phone and message Mr. McCarthy's offices, and to drop by his office with material making their case, said Roy Beck, the group's CEO.

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Faithful in Front

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Some argue that evangelical leaders are out of step with their congregations on immigration. A recent poll of likely evangelical Republican voters released by NumbersUSA, which endorses lower immigration levels, found that 63 percent of respondents "strongly oppose" a bill described as giving "work permits to an estimated 7 million illegal immigrant workers." Pulse Opinion Research conducted the poll.

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Is immigration overhaul dead in the House?

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Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA, a group that helped defeat a similar immigration effort in 2007 and is fighting hard against this year's efforts, said Boehner and other Republican leaders are still looking for ways to pass some kind of immigration overhaul. He said they feel a political need to do so to win over the ever-growing Hispanic electorate.

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Ted Cruz looms large over comprehensive immigration reform

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"There are going to be a lot of Republicans who don't want to be on the other side of Ted Cruz," said Rosemary Jenks, director of government relations at NumbersUSA, a group that advocates for reduced immigration flows.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/331077-ted-cruz-looms-large-over-comprehensive-immigration-reform

By Alexander Bolton in The Hill

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NumbersUSA: House border security bill weakens current law

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A one-page memo produced this week by the limited immigration group NumbersUSA argues that the House’s border security bill actually weakens current law and could act as a shield to allow Republicans to vote for “amnesty.”

In the document NumbersUSA compares provisions in the House’s border bill with provisions in the Secure Fence Act of 2006 and the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism.

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Evangelicals Battle Over 'Biblical' Immigration

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Polling data is mixed on that score. On one hand, data from the right leaning "immigration reduction" organization, Numbers USA, suggests that 46% of Republican evangelicals say they would deport most undocumented immigrants. Another 32% say they would deport some, but "ensure no jobs or assistance for the rest."http://swampland.time.com/2013/10/22/evangelicals-battle-over-biblical-immigration/#ixzz2iXAzUQOS

By Maya Rhodan in Time

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Immigration reform groups resume fight

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“At some point, you have to fund government; at some point, you have to deal with the debt,” said NumbersUSA President Roy Beck, who supports reducing immigration. “There’s absolutely no similarity between those and the immigration bill.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/immigration-reform-groups-resume-fight-98581_Page2.html

By Seung Min Kim in Politico

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Is Immigration Really Dead in the House?

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All this should add up to a dead issue. "So why am I not sleeping at night?" queried Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA, a grassroots group that has effectively lobbied dozens of rank-and-file House Republicans to oppose anything that could lead to legalization of people without papers. "What worries me is that Boehner and the business lobbies get together to pull some kind of maneuver" for a limited legalization/guest-worker/border-security bill. "Then Democrats in the Senate will say, 'Maybe this is our last chance until 2017,' " he said.

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