Roy Beck, executive director of Numbers USA, another organization favoring tough immigration curbs, said he could tap 1.8 million activists to help thwart the plan. “The way this bill’s written is perfect for our plan to defeat it,” he said. “It is adding more foreign workers at every turn, as if we have a labor … Continued

Just how long was the Gang of Eight Senators in that back room pounding out the massive immigration bill they released today?Supposedly, it has been three months, but  I’m wondering if they’ve been in that back room for five years and missed the fact that the country during that time lost millions of jobs and the … Continued

When Roy Beck finally saw the details of an immigration deal brokered by a bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday, the outspoken opponent of granting legal status to the nation’s unauthorized immigrants had a hard time finding the right words to express himself.”I just never expected the bill to be this bad,” said Beck, executive … Continued

What happens to the few immigration lawbreakers who won’t be offered work permits and legalization by the Gang of Eight’s amnesty bill? (This op-ed first appeared on Fox News Latino) The Associated Press and others are reporting that foreign citizens who unlawfully entered or overstayed a visa after Dec. 31, 2011, will not get the … Continued

Everybody in Washington is looking to see the fall-out from the marathon TV gig by 2016 Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio. Did he convince the American people that he did not break his Senate campaign promise in 2010 that he would oppose amnesties for illegal aliens? The front page of the Washington Post trumpeted: Rubio takes big … Continued

Zuckerberg’s foray may not change the playing field on the immigration debate in Washington, said Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA, an Arlington, Virginia-based advocacy group that works to reduce immigration.“The tech companies have been lobbying like crazy for a decade,” Beck said in an interview. “Every member of Congress already knows the tech companies have … Continued

The groups — spearheaded by Numbers USA  and its combative president, Roy Beck —  have played a key role in blocking legislation that would open up a “pathway to citizenship” for  undocumented workers, according to lobbyists on both sides of the contentious issue.“Our goal is to stop this legislation,” said Beck, whose group is planning … Continued

Separately, groups like Numbers USA, which calls for lower levels of immigration, are preparing to step up their campaign urging lawmakers to vote against reform…. Meanwhile, Numbers USA plans to start a new radio campaign as soon as the debate over control has been concluded. This would increase the pressure it is already applying to … Continued

Several groups, such as the grass-roots organization NumbersUSA, worry that the proposal would take job opportunities away from millions of unemployed U.S. citizens.“If the gang of eight could look out on the (National) Mall and see all those Americans shut out of the job market, would they really make their highest priority a bill to … Continued