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Top GOP Hopefuls Keep Distance on Immigration

“‘[Giuliani] was constantly extolling the glory of illegal immigration,’ said Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA, a group that advocates limits on immigration and penalties for undocumented workers. ‘He’s backing away from some of it now…'”http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/14/AR2007051401356_2.html?hpid=topnewsThe Washington Post

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Senate to open debate on immigration bill

“”Already by Friday afternoon, we had some of the Republican offices calling us and saying: ‘Would you tell your members we’re definitely going to vote no, and will you call off the phone calls?’ said Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, which has deemed the bill an amnesty for illegal aliens and whose members already … Continued

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How Conservatives Enhanced Online Voice

“The public mood against an immigration bill seems to have developed swiftly after that. The Senate last summer passed a bill that was seen as more generous to illegal immigrants, but ‘talk radio was nowhere’ then, said Roy Beck of NumbersUSA, a Washington group that opposes increased immigration…” http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118342051295656015-Upz7HdzrbE2jsOAYRx0UwpVlDfA_20070801.html?mod=tff_main_tff_topBy June Kronholz and Amy Schatz, in … Continued

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New Immigration Ratings On All Presidential Candidates In 16 Categories

Every candidate wants voters to think he/she would end future illegal immigration. But NumbersUSA’s Roy Beck finds that of 15 candidates of both parties, only six are even making promises that rate them as “good” or “excellent” on fighting future illegal immigration. Likewise, only four of these 15 are making promises that rate them as … Continued

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Senate Votes Against AgJOBS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESenators Heard Constituent Pressure to Vote Against AmnestyWASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Senate voted against the AgJOBS amnesty. In a procedural vote requiring 60 votes to limit debate and ensure a vote on the amendment the Senate voted 53 to 45 to invoke cloture, effectively keeping the amnesty off the Iraq Supplemental. The … Continued

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Amnesty and Indifference

If Mayor Adams took a tour of U.S. communities with low levels of immigration, he’d find American teenagers working as lifeguards. Employers who offer competitive wages and flexible hours to teens find a willing workforce. Increases in low-wage immigrant employment, on the other hand, has been found to decrease work for teens.

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Immigration’s impact felt in Colorado, as divisions grow over density.

Citing NumbersUSA's poll of likely Colorado voters, Pomerance noted that 9 out of 10 people "desire a future where far fewer people move to the state" and 6 out of 10 want to stop growing completely.

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“So they were forced, essentially, to hire African Americans.”

100 years ago: Bipartisan support for transformative immigration reform. Doesn't that sound nice? It was the Immigration Act of 1924 that "really changed the world," by essentially forcing employers to hire Black Americans.

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Border Crisis Threatens Cities’ Resilience

Much has been made of how surge in illegal immigration into cities as far from the border as Chicago and New York threaten the fiscal resilience of the receiving cities (Mayor Adams says the migrant crisis will “destroy New York City“), and the impact on resilience doesn’t end there. Extreme weather events in the U.S. … Continued

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