“We’re obviously at 100 percent odds,” said NumbersUSA Executive Director Roy Beck. “Our position is that putting Americans back to work is the top priority.“ NumbersUSA is urging its hundreds of thousands of registered members to join a campaign to “Stop Amnesty in Four Days” that will include visits to congressional offices today, as well … Continued

Groups in favor of tougher enforcement of immigration laws, meanwhile, have used the march plans to rally their supporters. Roy Beck, president of the Virginia-based NumbersUSA group, described Sunday’s march as “the opening kickoff” in any renewed immigration debate in Washington. … Beck’s group plans to engage the pro-reform marchers, potentially setting the scene for … Continued

Shirley and I were certainly earnest products of the ’60s college scene. We spent a good part of our first date in January 1967 discussing Martin Luther King and getting excited that we shared very similar concerns about racial discrimination. The recessional that I wrote for the folk group at our wedding in 1970 included … Continued

But the head of a group that wants much less immigration says reform advocates face daunting odds. “They have a pretty impossible task. They’re in town saying eight million people here illegally should be at the front of the line while 25 million Americans are out of jobs,” Roy Beck with NumbersUSA said.http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2010/March/Could-Immigration-Be-Next-Hot-Topic-in-Washington/Paul Strand — … Continued

Our grassroots mobilization numbers are in for last weekend, and I have no doubt that there were far more of you standing up for 25 million Americans who can’t find a full-time job than there were marchers on the National Mall demanding that the jobs stay with 8 million illegal aliens. And when we just … Continued

The Battle of the Mimes looks pretty silly in many ways.  But beneath the makeup and balloons, the SEIU’s “silencing campaign” on Sunday showed a lot about the ability and willingness of one of the biggest money/muscle partners of the pro-amnesty forces to use well-orchestrated intimidation to keep debate from happening. Perhaps surprising was that the … Continued

On Monday, about 45 Congressional staffers attended an immigration panel at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. The panel was the final piece of NumbersUSA’s effort to S.T.O.P. Amnesty in 4 Days. NumbersUSA President and Founder Roy Beck was part of the five-person panel that also included FAIR’s Dan Stein, Vanderbilt professor Carol … Continued

Update 1:04 AM Monday Roy and Rosemary have spent the last several hours at the Park Police headquarters.  They report good news that Roy’s guard has been released from custody, although he is ordered to appear in court to defend himself next month.  He was falsely charged with assault by one of the mimes after Park Police ordered … Continued

As a predicted 100,000 pro-amnesty marchers begin arriving in Washington, Sen. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Graham (R-S.C.) this afternoon offered the blueprint for the amnesty they intend to push through the Senate. And the key rationale is that we need a lot more foreign workers! Yes, folks, your Members of Congress are really that clueless. … Continued