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National Push by a Local Immigration Activist: No G.O.P. Retreat

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“These local people live in the middle of these places, they know how to be effective in their districts,” said Roy Beck, executive director of one of the largest national groups, NumbersUSA, who is now holding regular strategy calls with Mr. King and more than 50 other state advocates.

At NumbersUSA, Mr. Beck said, more than 400,000 people signed on to an e-mail list as the vote approached, expanding its followers to more than 1.6 million names. Mr. Beck said a recent conference call he convened with followers was joined by 58,770 people.

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Immigration activists aren't taking a recess

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The group NumbersUSA, which opposed the Senate bill, says it will be active throughout the recess, especially helping some of its two million members attend various town halls with Republican members of Congress. Its executive director, Roy Beck, told CNN he thinks more pressure is on the pro-reform forces to help move the issue. "For us it's more of a matter of making sure members of Congress...are hearing from the grassroots," Beck said.

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Once quiet, August becomes key time for political activists

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Conservatives said they have no intention of relinquishing the spotlight. NumbersUSA, one of the groups fighting efforts to grant a legal pathway for illegal immigrants, held a conference call last week with more than 58,000 supporters to prepare them with talking points for the recess.http://denverpost.com/politics-national/?third_party=once-quiet-august-becomes-key-time-for-political-activists

By Matea Gold in The Washington Post

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Expect More Than Just Town Hall Protests This August

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And even if legislators host a town hall in August, outside groups still face the challenge of mobilizing its members to attend. “In any organization only a small fraction are actually going to walk outside and go somewhere,” says Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, which advocates for lower immigration levels. “Most of them are doing things like the phone calls and e-mails.”

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Activists mobilize for busy August on immigration, Obamacare

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NumbersUSA, which favors lower levels of immigration, is encouraging its network of some 2 million activists to attend town halls and send faxes and emails.

But Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, said he believes there's a lot of "hype" around the August recess that has been in part built up by the pro-immigration groups.

"This may be their only chance" to build momentum for immigration reform, Beck said.

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GOP will feel heat at home in August on immigration

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Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA, says his group, which advocates lower levels of legal and illegal immigration, hosted a teleconference with Reps. Steve King, R-Iowa, Steve Stockman, R-Texas, and Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., on Wednesday night to rally opponents to mobilize for the August recess.

Beck said there were 40,000 people on the call.

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NUMBERSUSA DIRECTOR: PAUL RYAN 'IDEOLOGICALLY COMMITTED' TO OPEN BORDERS

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Roy Beck said he believes Ryan is "ideologically committed to the idea of open borders" because he "comes out of an ideology that just does not accept that the law of supply and demand works when it comes to labor markets."
He said he was "not very hopeful" that Ryan would abandon those beliefs. 
Beck said Ryan was not a part of the "patriotic libertarianism" wing that recognizes the importance of borders. 

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Immigration Advocates Vowing to Track House Members on Break

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“We expect to be mobilizing daily,” said Roy Beck, executive director of Numbers USA, an Arlington, Virginia-based group that claims 2 million members and opposes the Senate bill.http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-07-31/immigration-advocates-vowing-to-hunt-down-house-members-on-break#p1

By Julie Bykowicz in Bloomberg Businessweek

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Sessions: GOP Elite Pro-Amnesty View Is "Nonsense"

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Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) sent a memo this morning to all Congressional Republicans calling the "GOP elite" pro-amnesty and pro-open border immigration view "nonsense." 

The same set of GOP strategists, lobbyists, and donors who have always favored a proposal like the Gang of Eight immigration bill argue that the great lesson of the 2012 election is that the GOP needs to push for immediate amnesty and a drastic surge in low-skill immigration.This is nonsense.

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