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Agency backs care for illegal immigrant moms

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At Numbers USA, anti-illegal immigration think tank, the primary concern is the automatic citizenship offered to these children and, more indirectly, their parents. It says the 14th Amendment — essentially granting citizenship to any child born on American soil — is being misinterpreted to include the children of illegal immigrants.

The children, often referred to as "anchor babies,” provide an enticement for illegal immigration into the U.S, said Rosemary Jenks, director of government relations for the group.

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Immigration debate roils anew

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NumbersUSA, the group that helped derail the comprehensive bill that would have offered legal status to the existing 12 million illegal immigrants, posted on its website a tally of its “anti-amnesty champions.” So far, 21 senators have signaled to NumbersUSA that they will oppose the amendment. The group is looking for 20 more senators to block it.

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Illegal immigrants pin hopes, again, on "Dream Act"

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Caroline Espinosa, spokeswoman for NumbersUSA, which is urging defeat of the measure, calls it a form of amnesty. She said while this woman's circumstances are unfortunate, they are the result of bad decisions by her parents. "When you offer amnesty like that it only encourages more illegal behavior," Espinosa said.

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Durbin bill triggering lobby blitz

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NumbersUSA, which was instrumental in sinking the earlier Senate legislation, has alerted its 550,000-strong activist network to the prospect of a vote on the DREAM Act and on Thursday it flooded lawmakers with more than 260,000 faxes opposing the legislation, according to a spokeswoman for the group, Caroline Espinosa...

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For employers, cost to be high for illegal hires

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"'If they're trying to make another effort at amnesty in the fall, then this is a pretty smart thing they're doing,' said Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, a Virginia-based organization that helped engineer a fierce grass-roots campaign in June to defeat a bipartisan Senate bill that would have offered legalization to undocumented immigrants..."

Chicago Tribune

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Placating the GOP base or protecting the workplace?

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"'A lot of people on our side are saying the same thing,' says Roy Beck, director of NumbersUSA, an 'immigrant reduction' organization opposed to granting citizenship to illegal immigrants, which processed more than 2 million faxes to Congress in opposition to the Senate bill. 'We believe these very public and dramatic raids were designed to create a situation where we'd come to believe President Bush will carry out enforcement, so that we would support his amnesty plan.

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Fencing Would Assist Border Agents

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"Caroline Espinosa, spokeswoman for NumbersUSA, said she wished the fence was being built faster, but said it 'showed progress in a sense that just a few years ago people laughed at the idea of building a fence and now it's a priority in terms of securing our border...'http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2007/07/19/fencing_would_assist_border_agents?page=full&comments=true

By Amanda Carpenter, Columnist in TownHall.com

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