The President’s State of the Union address and the Republican and Tea Party responses were supposed to focus on the need to put Americans back to work.  But I was not surprised to hear very little compassion for the jobless when they talked about immigration. Nonetheless, the sense of inevitability of an amnesty  passing this year seemed … Continued

Sen. Schumer’s PRO-amnesty petition had a big day today and seems to be picking up momentum.But the nation’s top ANTI-amnesty petition has even more momentum. My great thanks to all of you who were part of adding more than 30,000 new signers today!For the first time, the ANTI-amnesty petition has more signers than the one … Continued

Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) has introduced H.R. 477 that would would eliminate the extended family visa categories (e.g., married sons and daughters of citizens, etc.), thus ending “chain migration” as recommended by the bi-partisan Barbara Jordan Commission in 1997. Current immigration law allows U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents to sponsor non-nuclear, adult family members, creating an … Continued

Very slowly, more and more Members of Congress are starting to look at the practical consequences of the Senate Gang of Eight’s broad proposals for a “path to citizenship” for some 11 million illegal aliens.  Elected officials have to be forced to consider that a better phrase would be that they are being asked to provide the … Continued

“Grover is an extremely effective lobbyist … [and] the thing about Grover is that he has clients who make big money off of immigration,” said Roy Beck, founder of advocacy group NumbersUSA, a non-partisan group which helped derail previous efforts to expand immigration. “Grover is going to do everything in his power to prevent America having … Continued

A leading United States population lobbyist has questioned why Australia seems intent on copying the worst mistakes of his own country.Roy Beck, the executive director of powerful lobby group NumbersUSA, which has 1.4 million members, has visited the Sunshine Coast as part of an Australian visit which has included talks with politicians and advocates of … Continued

A LEADING United States population lobbyist has questioned why Australia seems intent on copying the worst mistakes of his own country.Roy Beck, the executive director of powerful lobby group NumbersUSA, which has 1.4 million members, has visited the Sunshine Coast as part of an Australian visit which has included talks with politicians and advocates of … Continued

Hurting “the American worker with bad immigration policy is not going to get [Republicans] more Hispanic votes,” says Roy Beck, executive director of Numbers USA, a group that advocates lower immigration levels. “They’ve got to do something else.”http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2012/1228/Immigration-reform-Is-amnesty-a-possibility-nowBy David Grant in The Christian Science Monitor

(Editor’s Note: FOXNew.com allowed Roy to publish this op-ed on Dec.27. It is available at: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/12/27/how-republicans-can-create-more-jobs-and-win-over-hispanic-voters/(NumbersUSA is non-partisan and doesn’t try to help one political party over another.  But it does advise political parties on how they might best approach immigration issues while using their own key principles. While this op-ed speaks most directly to Republican politicians … Continued