Immigration Policy and American Wilderness

By Jeremy Beck

America’s intact landscapes comprise 50% or more of the country. We have far more wilderness than most nations. A better immigration policy would go a long way toward protecting this rich resource and heritage.

Stop Taking Black Wealth

By Roy Beck

While government, banking, and societal practices have taken wealth from Black communities before the wealth could grow, federal high-immigration/loose-labor policies have taken wealth from Black communities before it is even earned.

A Better Border Policy (can it get much worse?)

By Jeremy Beck

FY2023 was the worst year for illegal immigration encounters on record. There are two ways to think about illegal immigration numbers: 1) the number trying to enter illegally; and 2) the number entering illegally. The best metric to gauge the former is the “encounter“. August 2023 encounters were the highest in history at over 300,000; … Continued

Investigation Gives More Examples of Indentured Servitude in Nursing

By Jared Culver

While nurses are overworked and underpaid, the elite remain baffled as to why there is a labor shortage in the profession. The largest strike in the recorded history of the healthcare industry occurred last year. We covered the lawsuit of a foreign nurse alleging indentured servitude before but, now there is a new report on … Continued

The Child Labor Machine Keeps Rolling on the River

By Jared Culver

The New York Times has another report on the ongoing child labor crisis being fed by the human trafficking calamity at the border. This one focuses on children working at dangerous slaughterhouses. It includes the story of Marcos, a young man brutally injured while working at a poultry plant. Readers will know that the poultry … Continued

NumbersUSA Revs Up State E-Verify Efforts

By Andrew Good

Last week, Chris Chmielenski, Wyatt (one of our nearby volunteers), and I went out to Indianapolis for the National Conference of State Legislatures’ 2023 Legislative Summit. As part of NumbersUSA’s expanding push on states to take action to combat the huge increase in illegal immigration, our exhibit centered on E-Verify. E-Verify is the free online … Continued

If it can happen in Texas, it can happen anywhere

By Jeremy Beck

Last week, NumbersUSA sent a team to the Texas State Fair grounds in Dallas, TX, site of the largest Earth Day exposition in the world, EarthX. We presented our new study on Texas sprawl, and shared our exhibit with over a fifteen hundred people, most of whom were not surprised to learn that Texas has … Continued

Miles and Miles of Megalopolises

By Jeremy Beck

Purple plains, prairies, and croplands are giving way to urban megalopolises that most people don’t want to live in. Those are two of the emerging findings from the over 20 years of studies that NumbersUSA has produced, including our latest: Americans have always taken pride in our agriculture. Texans are no different. Ninety-three percent of … Continued

Major Border Security Bill Advances in House

By Eric Ruark

A major piece of immigration legislation was advanced by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee last Wednesday night. The Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023 (H.R. 2640) was passed by a near-party line vote of 23-15. The only dissenting Republican was Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who expressed opposition to the E-Verify provisions. The legislation contained … Continued