Meanwhile, interest group NumbersUSA, which advocates for lower immigration levels, said the rally was misplaced.“There ought to be a rally for the 20 million Americans who can’t find a full-time job,” said NumbersUSA President Roy Beck.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/10/immigration-activists-say-its-time-to-deliver/?page=1&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=RSS_FeedBy Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan in The Washington Times

Roy Beck, president of the anti-amnesty group NumbersUSA, said a bipartisan task force of senators known as the Gang of Eight should be in no hurry to put forward an immigration proposal that could result in millions of foreign workers looking for work in the U.S.”There ought to be a rally for the 20 million … Continued

Pro-amnesty groups are holding a demonstration in Washington, D.C. today on the anniversary of the 2006 march, which brought out over 200,000 people. Organizers expect a much smaller crowd for today’s demonstration, which is dubbed the “Rally for Citizenship” or the “Time is Now Rally.”Organizers such as the Service Employees International Union expect tens of … Continued

“A lot of people make the claim illegal immigrants don’t pay any taxes, but they do. They pay sales taxes, they pay gas taxes. There’s a lot of taxes they pay even social security taxes,” said Roy Beck, C.E.O. of Numbers U.S.A.Beck says a 2007 study from the Heritage Foundation shows the taxes undocumented immigrants … Continued

The group Numbers USA aims to “educate voters” in states with senators who could play a pivotal role in the coming immigration debate.The group started airing an ad throughout Alaska this week that asks actors who “thinks Senator Mark Begich’s plan to bring in foreign workers to take American jobs is a good idea?”Roy Beck, … Continued

Is the country’s unemployment nightmare over?  It sounded like it from all the excitement over the weekend about the Senate Gang of Eight’s near agreement on comprehensive immigration reform which is about greatly increasing the number of work permits for foreign workers to compete with Americans from the lowest to the highest education levels.Yet, other news of … Continued

An almost shocking story from today’s Bloomberg News follows a defiant Sen. Lindsey Graham as he travels South Carolina selling his Gang of Eight comprehensive amnesty.The bottom line seems to be that Graham will not step away from the comprehensive amnesty bill no matter how many unemployed South Carolinians, their families and friends say it … Continued

The report is attractive, thick and has a lot of impressive-sounding academic language, including some helpful findings.  But the news out of the latest Brookings Institute poll claiming majority support for amnesty does not give an accurate picture of what already was not a very credible poll.The big headlines throughout the news media are that the rather … Continued

Time magazine provides almost the perfect example of how little America’s opinion elites identify with America’s working classes.It comes today at the end of a rather helpful article by Alex Altman, entitled “Four Hurdles That Could Block Immigration Reform.”  http://swampland.time.com/2013/03/20/four-hurdles-that-could-block-immigration-reform/print/Despite the New York Times and a number of other media trumpeting that comprehensive immigration reform looks … Continued