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.”In terms of immigration, there is not one ounce of difference between Republican Speaker Boehner and Democratic Speaker Pelosi at this point,” he compares. “A mandatory … Continued

“The problems caused by population still make environmental news, but population is forgotten,” said Roy Beck, a longtime environmental journalist who founded Numbers U.S.A., a leading group advocating immigration reforms.But to focus only on reducing every individual’s impact, while remaining silent on how many individuals are living here, strikes critics like Beck as “bewildering.”How anyone … Continued

Last night’s Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas was the best yet for candidates pledging tougher action against illegal immigration. (See our web editor Chris Chmielenski’s live blog and news summary at www.NumbersUSA.com.) But all of the candidates remain somewhat tongue-tied when it comes to an overall, coherent plan that would resolve most of our … Continued

But Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, which wants to reduce immigration to the U.S., said the policy encourages people to overstay their visas and remain in this country illegally. “Yes, if you ask the American people whether the government should go after the worst of the worst or the people helping in the PTA, … Continued

Roy Beck, the executive director of Numbers USA, a nonprofit that supports lower immigration levels, has suggested in the past that farmers might become more innovative if they did not depend on the labor of illegal immigrants. They might even resort to using more mechanization in harvesting, he said. http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/georgia-agriculture-commissioner-to-1193712.htmlBy Jeremy Redmon — The Atlanta … Continued

Roy Beck is founder and president of Numbers USA, an anti-illegal immigration organization that gives Perry a “D-minus” on its immigration enforcement report card. He says the governor’s poor showing in the recent Florida straw poll proves that Republican primaries are not kind to those who appear to be more concerned about workers who are in the country … Continued

Roy Beck, who heads NumbersUsa.com, said the bill should be supported because it protects jobs – for Americans and legal residents, he said. “This is a tremendous bill and it will change the face of the workplace in the next two years, especially in California,” Beck said. “There are millions of payroll jobs unemployed Americans … Continued

“By having lots of nationalities in there, we’re trying to take ethnicity off the table,” said Roy Beck, the founder of NumbersUSA. “We chose our name because we knew that too many people on both sides of the issue got sidetracked on who immigrants are.” Beck said that’s what has scared politicians off in the … Continued

Not by design, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is proving that appearing to be more concerned about illegal-alien workers than about unemployed Americans doesn’t work in Republican primaries.  Widely expected a week ago to run away with the Florida Straw Poll yesterday, he finished in a virtual four-way tie for second, more than 20 points behind the … Continued