Under federal law, illegal presence in the United States is punishable by removal and a 3-year bar from re-entry for aliens illegally present for longer than 180 days and less than 1 year, or a 10-year bar from re-entry for aliens illegally present for longer than 1 year. Illegal aliens who had been previously removed, but are found illegally present again are permanently inadmissible.
The environment is being threatened by an increasing population, and immigration is the leading cause of population growth in the United States. An Environmental Choice is hosted by Monique Miller from Wild Earth and interviews with Former U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. This video takes a look at immigration from an environmentalist's perspective and feature's Roy Beck's famous Immigration by the Numbers presentation in which he uses charts and gumballs to illustrate the problems with mass immigration
The mainstream media and open borders groups constantly reiterate to the American people that there are only two solutions to our nation's illegal alien crisis – give illegal aliens amnesty or round them up and deport them.
Roy Beck and Rosemary Jenks discuss the details of the Legal Workforce Act (H.R.2164) introduced by House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith. Roy and Rosemary also answer our member's questions about the bill.
In June 2011, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced the Legal Workforce Act (HR 2164), an E-Verify bill that requires all employers to use the employment verification system. The bill features a three-year phase-in with 99% of employers required to use the system within two years. The bill also requires all federal, state, and local agencies to run existing employees through E-Verify, and lifts the federal ban on private employers from running current employees through E-Verify.
The following is based on an article, "The Environmental Movement’s Retreat from Advocating US Population Stabilization (1970-1998) "
The impoverished around the world deserve our compassion and care. Author Roy Beck explains why mass immigration is not an effective solution.
On September 10, 2008, NumbersUSA launched Talk About Numbers, Talk About Immigration.
Environmental Planner, Leon Kolankiewicz, discusses how uncontrolled immigration levels threaten America's environmental stability. He discusses the impact of population growth on greenhouse gas emissions, sprawl, energy consumption and our foreign oil dependency.
The federal immigration bureaucracy cannot possibly handle its present workload, let alone deal with the administrative burdens of new amnesty and guest worker programs under current "comprehensive immigration reform" proposals in the U.S. House and Senate. This introductory video features Rosemary Jenks of NumbersUSA and is based on the congressional testimony of Michael Maxwell, former Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Office of Security and Investigations, who exposed the rampant corruption and mismanagement in that agency.