Roy Beck, who heads NumbersUsa.com, said the bill should be supported because it protects jobs – for Americans and legal residents, he said. “This is a tremendous bill and it will change the face of the workplace in the next two years, especially in California,” Beck said. “There are millions of payroll jobs unemployed Americans … Continued

“By having lots of nationalities in there, we’re trying to take ethnicity off the table,” said Roy Beck, the founder of NumbersUSA. “We chose our name because we knew that too many people on both sides of the issue got sidetracked on who immigrants are.” Beck said that’s what has scared politicians off in the … Continued

Not by design, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is proving that appearing to be more concerned about illegal-alien workers than about unemployed Americans doesn’t work in Republican primaries.  Widely expected a week ago to run away with the Florida Straw Poll yesterday, he finished in a virtual four-way tie for second, more than 20 points behind the … Continued

In one glance at our easy, colorful enforcement comparison Grid, you can see how the climate for illegal aliens in your state would get really tough if Congress passes U.S. House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith’s H.R. 2885 (the Legal Workforce Act). Take a look at the Grid below and see the 30 ways that H.R. … Continued

(Further down are Roy’s live blogs while listenting to the Tea Party/CNN-sponsored debate tonight in Florida. First, though, is Roy’s overall analysis at the end of the debate. As always, our only interest in this debate is immigration.) Gov. Perry was booed as he painted himself into an even tighter corner tonight as a candidate who … Continued

Gov. Romney was the clear winner on immigration during a flurry of debates and campaign activity the last month Last night, NumbersUSA recalculated ratings in all 12 immigration categories for the 10 announced presidential candidates, posting the last month’s immigration statements to the previous record, all available through links on the Presidential Hopefuls’ Immigration Grades at:   https://www.numbersusa.com/content/action/2012-presidential-hopefuls-immigration-stances.html … Continued

(I’m watching the debate to see if any of these Republican candidates give us any hope is on immigration.  I’ll blog as I hear anything. Nearly all of these candidates are competing with who has the best “D” grade on immigration.  Cain and Bachmann show they have some possibilities but they have failed thus far … Continued

The federal government’s active promotion of labor rights for illegal immigrants irks Roy Beck, executive director of Virginia-based Numbers USA, which favors more stringent immigration laws. “It just follows the pattern of the labor secretary,” Beck said. “In these matters, she’s the secretary of illegal labor rather than of legal labor.” Events such as Monday’s … Continued

His liquor store boss (Parimal Patel) says his family has been employing Pres. Obama’s illegal-alien uncle for most of the last decade. Patel says Uncle Omar (a citizen of Kenya) had a good U.S. Social Security number, so how could the business have known it was illegal to hire him. Well, we really don’t have to put up … Continued