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Vanishing Open Spaces
How much natural habitat and farmland did your state and city destroy in the last decade to accommodate expanding populations and individual appetites for developed land?
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Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs - Updated 2010
Length: 6 min 8 sec
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Global humanitarian reasons for current U.S. immigration are tested in this updated version of Roy Beck's colorful presentation of data from the World Bank and U.S. Census Bureau. The 1996 version has been one of the most viewed policy presentations on the internet.
Presented by author/journalist Roy Beck
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Map of States with In-State Tuition Laws
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 prohibits access to in-state tuition benefits by undocumented students (section 8 USC 1623) It reads “…an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within a State for any postsecondary education benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit…”
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The Seven Amnesties Passed by Congress
Since the passing of the Immigration and Reform Control Act (IRCA), 6 million illegal aliens have received amnesty in the United States. The IRCA Amnesty was supposed to "wipe the slate clean" and instead it's lead to the current situation of 12-20 million illegal aliens living in the country.
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Roy's 'Jay-Walking' on Capitol Mall reveals real immigration tradition
Length: 4 min 50 sec
America has a tradition of immigration. Author Roy Beck stops by Capitol Hill to get the reaction of people after they learn how America's great tradition compares with immigration today.
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Gaming the Border: a Report from Cochise County, Arizona
Length: 9 min 50 sec
Federal officials routinely assure the public that they are gaining control over the Arizona border. Despite these assurances, "Gaming the Border: a Report from Cochise County, Arizona" and produced by the Center for Immigration Studies, shows why the border there remains porous, as illegal immigrants avoid the Border Patrol and walk around checkpoints on highways north of the border.
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Arizona TV Ads Push Immigration Cuts & Enforcement (elevator)
Length: 33 sec
Currently high levels of legal immigration combined with illegal immigration are proving to be a detriment to the 25 Million Americans who can't find full-time work. In light of Arizona's passage of SB1070, this ad demonstrates that negative impact.
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Change the Numbers
Change the Numbers is an interactive tool that displays the impact of high immigration on population numbers, oil usage, carbon footprint, and available green space. Users can set their own annual levels of both legal and illegal immigration, and Change the Numbers will then recalculate the impact based on the entries.
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Poll of Swing State Voters Shows Public Wants Congress to Block Funding for Obama’s Executive Amnesty
Zogby Analytics, February 20-22
Polling of voters in eight swing states finds that they are overwhelmingly opposed to President Obama’s abuse of executive power to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens in the U.S. By better than 2-1 margins, voters in these states oppose the president’s amnesty plan.