U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that it released 30, 558 criminal aliens in fiscal year 2014. About 36,000 had been released in the previous fiscal year. ICE said it had no choice due to overcrowding and the fact that most could not be detained longer under a court decision. Most of the … Continued

EDITOR’S NOTE: Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced the Legal Workforce Act, H.R. 1147, that would require all businesses to use E-Verify to check the eligibility of all new hires. The following is a letter of endorsement written by NumbersUSA President Roy Beck. NumbersUSA – the nation’s largest grassroots organization for controlled immigration, with a network … Continued

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) has reintroduced his Legal Workforce Act, H.R. 1147, that would require all employers in the United States to use the E-Verify system within three years. The bill was first introduced during the 112th Session of Congress where it passed through the House Judiciary Committee. Rep. Smith was joined by 12 cosponsors … Continued

As for jobless Americans, I suppose the answer is: Let them eat pie, or let them eat when there is a bigger pie. Despite saying some pretty sensible things about immigration at the big CPAC conservative activists conference last Friday, presidential hopeful Jeb Bush displayed zero awareness that immigration issues affect working-class Americans. FOX host … Continued

Thus far, every single Democrat in the Senate and nearly all in the House are taking the position that they will not allow funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless their Republican colleagues pay a ransom in the form of millions of work permits for illegal aliens. The headlines should read: “Democrats hold DHS … Continued

The fact that the judicial branch has joined the House of Representatives and a majority of states in questioning the constitutionality of the President’s executive actions on immigration should make it obvious that the Senate needs to proceed to a debate on the Department of Homeland Security funding bill and add its voice to this … Continued

NumbersUSA extends condolences to the family, friends and staff of Congressman Alan Nunnelee (R-Miss.), age 56, who died on February 6 from brain cancer. “Since arriving in Congress in 2011, Rep. Nunnelee has been nearly perfect in co-sponsoring and voting on immigration-related legislation in ways that would advance the interests of struggling American workers and … Continued

MinnPost – Devin Henry Her opposition to so-called “comprehensive immigration reform” dates back longer than that, of course. Roy Beck, the president of NumbersUSA, a group dedicated to reducing all immigration, both legal and illegal, said he remembers her work with other House conservatives to oppose a Senate-passed immigration reform bill last summer. “Right now, … Continued

In a 2,200-word speech, he didn’t mention “work permits” or “work authorization” even once. Pres. Obama’s huge prime-time TV speech about his big fix of the “broken immigration system” somehow left out the fact that he would be rewarding millions of unlawfully present foreign citizens with three-year work permits to compete directly with struggling American … Continued