DALLAS (April 20, 2012) – Forty years after a multi-year bi-partisan government commission recommended slowing U.S. population growth and eventually stabilizing, Americans still would like to see it happen, according to poll results to be released this weekend at the 2012 Earth Day Dallas festival.
NumbersUSA, a group that advocates for tough laws against illegal immigration, has started a letter campaign aimed at Rubio and his fellow Republican senators warning them not to proceed.
Roy Beck is founder and president of NumbersUSA. He recalls that Boehner and other Republicans had campaigned in 2010 to do a better job of tackling the illegal alien problem.
Our webcast on Thursday focused on the almost humorous aspect of 11 anti-enforcement states complaining to the Supreme Court that Arizona's immigration enforcement laws are too successful.
HB 2568, a bill designed to prevent a growing number of Washington State local governments from requiring employers to use E-Verify, appears to have died. Washington State NumbersUSA members and other citizens strongly opposed to the measure had pounded House Democrats with calls asking for its defeat.
The Huffington Post brought to light NumbersUSA's ad campaign in early primary and caucus states. The Huffington Post wrote NumbersUSA has become something of a bellwether for Republican presidential candidates, who cite the organization's immigration report card to prove they oppose unauthorized immigration.
Rep. David McKinley (R-W.V.) has become the first freshman from the 112th Congress to join NumbersUSA's 5-for-5 club after sponsoring at least one bill for each of our 5 Great Solutions. Over the past week, Rep. McKinley has co-sponsored the SAFE for America Act (H.R.704) that would end the Visa Lottery, the Nuclear Family Priority Act (H.R.692) that would end Chain Migration, the CLEAR Act (H.R.100) that would assist in the local enforcement of immigration laws, and the E-LAW Act (H.R.800) that would mandate E-Verify.
Have a cell phone?
Imagine sitting in your chair one late afternoon. All of a sudden your phone receives a text message from NumbersUSA, indicating that the Senate has attached an Amnesty rider to a must pass bill. The text indicates that you can reply "OK" to receive talking points and a phone number. After replying you receive a follow up text and dial the number (or simply touch the number for those of you with smart phones), connect with your representative’s office, and demand that the Amnesty rider be removed from the bill.
Crisis averted.
When it comes to reforming our nation's immigration laws, NumbersUSA favors 5 actions that would significantly reduce the illegal alien population and the number of legal immigrants admitted to the United States annually. Check out our new grid that follows all the bills and the Members of Congress who sponsor them . . .
In just a few short months, Roy's much-anticipated 2010 update to his original Immigration Gumballs presentation has reached the 1 Million views milestone on YouTube. Supporters of mass immigration will argue that the U.S. has a moral obligation to open its borders to the world's needy, but Roy's visual presentation provides a different perspective and has been well received.
"The trouble is that when you start trying to come up with alternatives, they're all problematic," said Roy Beck, a former journalist and founder of NumbersUSA, a group that favors limiting legal and illegal immigration. He said even the term "immigrant" is often misused when applied to those who come legally on a temporary worker visa.
A startling look at how U.S. immigration will add 300 million people to the country this century if policies are not changed. This dramatic presentation of the latest Census data raises serious questions about the ability of the country to achieve environmental sustainability and to meet the quality-of-life infrastructure needs of the national community.
On December 16, 1773 there was a revolution in the Boston harbor. On November 2, 2010 there will be a revolution on Election Day. It’s Tea Party time in America. In the Senate alone, the Tea Party earthquake hit Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Kentucky, Delaware, Alaska, and Florida. But where do these anti-establishment candidates stand on Immigration issues? Where do these 7 key Senate candidates stand on Immigration Reduction? Reading the Tea leaves reveals an uncertain future.
Your NumbersUSA team has gone to great effort to produce an updated video that matches the professionalism, the integrity and the persuasiveness of the original. We're trying to push the views up quickly enough to land the video on some most-watched lists to greatly expand and broaden the audience which desperately needs to see this perspective about international humanitarianism and immigration.
(To view on larger screen, to vote on it and to leave a public comment, please click on the "YouTube" logo at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen above.)
Global humanitarian reasons for current U.S. immigration are tested in this updated version of Roy Beck's colorful presentation of data from the World Bank and U.S. Census Bureau. The 1996 version has been one of the most viewed policy presentations on the internet.
Presented by author/journalist Roy Beck
The final round of primaries for the midterm elections are Tuesday, Sept. 14 and then the countdown for the general elections begins. November 2 is less than two months away, and NumbersUSA is your #1 source for comparing the candidates on their immigration positions. But you can help us improve our candidate comparison grids by urging your favorite candidate to take our survey.
Two candidates who completed our Immigration-Reduction Survey and have been identified as "True Reform" candidates won their primary races on Tuesday. Mike Keown won the Republican nomination in District 2 with 80.9% of the vote and will face incumbent Sandford Bishop (D-Ga.) in the November general election. Austin Scott won the Republican nomination in District 8, capturing 52.4% of the vote. He will face incumbent Jim Marshall (D-Ga.) in the general election.
While city and county councils in California are finding ways to boycott Arizona, the city of Yorba Linda in Orange County voted unanimously to support Arizona and its new immigration enforcement law. NumbersUSA activists showed up at the city's council meeting on Tuesday night, urging the city council to vote in favor of a resolution strongly supporting Arizona.
NumbersUSA recently achieved a milestone few organizations can even dream of. This week, we recruited our 1 Millionth activist member who can send a fax to Congress. That's 1 Million activists in favor of more sensible immigration policies! That's 2,300 faxers in each of the 435 Congressional Districts
Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W.V.), looking to return to Congress for his 15th term, lost in yesterday's Democratic Primary in West Virginia. Rep. Mollohan has a career F-grade with NumbersUSA and holds an F in every category except for increasing unnecessary foreign workers.
Congressional Quarterly, a news outlet dedicated to covering Congressional news, has featured our counter boycott efforts on their website. The article credits NumbersUSA with trying to bring business to Arizona in light of the recent calls to boycott the state, including a call from Rep. Raul Grijalva, one of the state's House Members.
Just a few weeks ago, Roy introduced our search engine that allows you to look for businesses that are protecting American jobs by using the E-Verify employment verification system. Our database got a little publicity last week when an employment screening service, Liberty Screening in Houston, Texas, advertised our search engine on their website.
Mimes at the "March for America" rally in Washington D.C. try to prevent Roy from speaking with pro-amnesty protesters.
All of us at NumbersUSA can easily become focused on what's wrong with America. We believe immigration numbers are way too high and that illegal immigration is ruinous to the country.
NumbersUSA's Chad MacDonald addresses the Anti-Amnesty Tea Party in Pasadena, Calif.
On October 13, 2009 Congressman Luis Gutierrez spent millions of dollars for his Amnesty launch party in 20 cities across the country. In quick response, the grassroots www.againstamnesty.com website was set up for the Tea Party Against Amnesty events that took place in over 50 cities this past weekend on November 14, 2009. There were fireworks in Pasadena, California.
More than 50 Anti-Amnesty tea party rallies were held across the nation this weekend. The events were put together by Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC), but NumbersUSA played a role in the events held in Alexandria, Va. and Pasadena, Calif.
Now is the time to raise the bar and turn up the heat in Washington. Our new “Social Media” marketing strategy is specifically designed for member interaction and grassroots organizing. Find out what you can do to keep the pressure on and connect with other NumbersUSA members!
NumbersUSA's Director of Government Relations joined seven Members of Congress on the East Lawn of the Capitol on Nov. 6, urging for a stronger verification mechanism in the health care reform bill.
Transcript of Rosemary Jenks' statement...
NumbersUSA has released a 'gadget' that allows members to read news stories, blogs, and see Action Buffet fax and phone alerts on their iGoogle desktop.
Hello NumbersUSA members! Some of you may have spoken with me if you’ve called our Arlington office. Communicating with members on a daily basis, I’ve heard so many of you express your frustration with your elected officials. Many of us can’t help but feel that our government has strayed from being an institution “of the People, by the People.” Our country was founded on the premise that Congressmen were supposed to represent their constituents, and it’s difficult not to become disillusioned when many of them vote in their own self interests.
When I say I love America, I’m not talking about just an idea or ideal or a form of government. I’m talking about the actual land within the U.S. borders – the contours, the vegetation, the critters, the roads, the streams, the towns, the communities, the local cultures and . . . . . THE PEOPLE. I’m talking about 3,141 counties where all of America takes place. It is with great joy that I announce today that NumbersUSA is rolling out its QUALITY-OF-LIFE MAPS project on our website so that all Americans can track the overall health of our 3,141 counties and all inhabitants thereof.
Last Tuesday, I wrote our members asking for donations so we can continue our faxing operation. For the very first time, I thought to put in an email address, so members could contact me directly. Scores wrote, including many who are unemployed and on the edge financially. Take this stirring message from Frances:
I want to thank you (NumbersUSA) for giving regular Americans the ability to participate in our government via your website, especially at this critical time in our American history.
This week a member of my team came to me and reminded me of how desperate we are for two new database machines. For those of you that aren’t familiar with techno-speak, a database machine is essentially a large storage container for information. As we post more news, blogs, articles; as users post comments; as we store more information about bills so we can produce the Gradecards and Profiles; as we provide more faxes, phone alerts and other actions to your Action Buffet; as we store each member’s log in credentials; and I could continue this list, each of these pieces of information have to be stored.
I just finished looking at our fax reports this morning. Members ordered 43,340 faxes to Congress, the President, and Secretary Napolitano yesterday. This compares to 44,732 faxes on Monday. As Director of Technology at NumbersUSA, it is my job, among other things, to make sure these get delivered.
