By Roy Beck
Traveling around Ohio — a state that either Obama or Romney likely has to win in November — I can’t help but notice that the people cleaning my motel rooms, planting the flowers, running the cash registers at gas stations and other stores, and working the fast-food restaurants are NOT immigrants. Unfortunately, when I look at … Continued
By Admins
This past week, three bills have been introduced by Senators from both sides of the aisle aimed at bringing more foreign STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workers to the U.S. The arguments are all the same, and are all flawed. Lawmakers have framed these bills as means to “compete with the world” in science … Continued
By Admins
When NumbersUSA aired the “Lower LEGAL Immigration” ad during two recent GOP national debates, a number of individuals posted comments on Twitter in disbelief that any organization would advocate lower legal immigration levels. Amnesty is the only form of LEGAL immigration that some are willing to stand against. However, just because something is legal doesn’t … Continued
It’s been three weeks since the GOP Presidential Hopefuls last debated in Orlando, Fla. After three debates in states with high illegal-alien populations, the Hopefuls square off tonight in New Hampshire, which will play a major role in determining who will be the GOP nominee. The significance of tonight’s debate is in the setting. New … Continued
While the nation has been transfixed by the recent debt ceiling debate, 22 million Americans have continued their search for a full-time job. Now that a compromise on the debt ceiling has been reached, Members of both parties are promising to get back to work creating jobs. Yet their promises are hard to believe considering … Continued
By Roy Beck
After three years of a Jobs Depression, we saw today the first action by Congress to stop driving up unemployment by importing so many immigrant workers. The House Judiciary Committee voted 19-11 just before noon to pass H.R. 704, the SAFE for America Act, to end the Visa Lottery. (See roll call at bottom of blog.) … Continued
By Roy Beck
Immigration was not a pivotal issue in any of the elections held today, but the results of the ballots certainly suggest opportunity for changes in the congressional balance between the promoters of foreign labor and the champions for America’s unemployed. MORE ANALYSIS TO FOLLOWS SOON
By Roy Beck
The retirement of Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) will end an 17-year unbroken commitment to persuading Congress to eliminate birthright citizenship for illegal aliens. Soon after arriving in Congress in 1993, he co-sponsored the original bill to put the U.S. in line with most other modern nations by stopping birthright citizenship. He has signed on to every bill since, … Continued
By Roy Beck
A big poll of Americans of Latin American background finds that most first and second generations don’t think of themselves first as Americans. But they don’t think of themselves as Latinos or Hispanics either. They are most likely — even immigrants’ kids born in the U.S. — to consider themselves Mexicans, Salvadorans, Peruvians, Bolivians, etc. … Continued
