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| | founder = ]<ref name="nyt_littleknown_tanton">{{cite news |first= Robert|last= Pear|title= Little-Known Group Claims a Win on Immigration|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/us/politics/15immig.html|work= New York Times|date= July 15, 2007|accessdate=August 22, 2008|quote=Numbers USA is one of many organizations fostered by John H. Tanton, an ophthalmologist from Michigan who has also championed efforts to protect the environment, limit population growth and promote English as an official language. }}</ref><ref name="not_tanton" >{{cite news |title= NumbersUSA staff comment to News21 description (See Comment below the entry|url=http://news21blog.org/2008/09/03/immigration-organization-of-the-week-numbersusa/|accessdate=April 10, 2009|quote=After Roy Beck started NumbersUSA with Roy Beck’s own money, John Tanton made some small contributions amounting to less than 0.3% of the total funding of the organization. ... Roy Beck did start NumbersUSA while he worked for John Tanton. But people often start businesses and non-profits while they are working for somebody else. After all, you need to have money coming in while you set things up. }}</ref> | |||
| | key_people = James Massa, President and CEO<br/>Anne Manetas, COO<br/>Eddie Huey, CIO<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/numbersusa-launches-new-website-and-changes-up-executive-leadership-302002208.html|title=NumbersUSA Launches New Website and Changes up Executive Leadership|publisher=PR Newswire|date=November 30, 2023|access-date=December 6, 2023}}</ref> | |||
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| | key_people = ], Executive Director; Rosemary Jenks, Government Relations Director <ref name="form990"/> | |||
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| | founder = ]<ref name="nextceo">{{cite web |title=NumbersUSA, Nation's Largest Single-issue Grassroots Group, Welcomes New CEO |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/numbersusa-nations-largest-single-issue-grassroots-group-welcomes-new-ceo-301680609.html |publisher=PR Newswire |date=November 16, 2022}}</ref> | |||
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| | revenue = ] 7.46 million (2019)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.numbersusa.org/sites/default/files/public/AnnualReportTemplate4.pdf |title=2019 Annual Report |author=NumbersUSA}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | | endowment = US$ 8.97 million (2016)<ref name="form990">{{cite web | ||
| ⚫ | | title = NumbersUSA 2016 Annual Report | ||
| | publisher = NumbersUSA | | publisher = NumbersUSA | ||
| ⚫ | | date = December 31, 2016 | ||
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| '''NumbersUSA''' is an ]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Burnett |first=John |date=January 7, 2018 |title=Explaining 'Chain Migration' |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/01/07/576301232/explaining-chain-migration |work=]}}</ref><ref name="DetNewsTanton">{{Cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Francis X. |title=Mich. man who led anti-immigration fight nearly forgotten |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/2017/03/15/mich-man-led-immigration-fight-nearly-forgotten/99193990/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=MotherJones>. Murguia, Sophie. '']'', 16 October 2018</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Abrajano|first1=Marisa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0IGSBQAAQBAJ|title=White Backlash: Immigration, Race, and American Politics|last2=Hajnal|first2=Zoltan L.|date=2015-03-22|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-6648-9|language=en}}</ref> advocacy group that seeks to reduce both legal and illegal ].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Deparle |first=Jason |date=2011-04-17 |title=The Anti-Immigration Crusader |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/us/17immig.html |access-date=2017-03-29 |work=] |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://theboard.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/the-nativist-lobby/ | work=Opinion| publisher= The New York Times | title='The Nativist Lobby' | date=February 4, 2009 | access-date=May 20, 2010}}</ref> It advocates for ] through user-generated fax, email, and direct mail campaigns.<ref>{{cite news |author=Sifuentes, Edward |date=24 September 2011 |title=REGION: Groups' TV ad campaigns advocate reducing legal immigration |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-region-groups-tv-ad-campaigns-advocate-reducing-2011sep24-story.html |access-date=27 June 2018 |newspaper=]}}</ref> | |||
| NumbersUSA was founded by ] in 1996, with assistance from the anti-immigration movement figure ].<ref name="DetNewsTanton" /><ref name=":0" /> NumbersUSA, along with the ] (CIS) and the ] (FAIR), two other groups that Tanton founded, formed "the bulk of the anti-immigration movement" in the United States as of 2018, according to '']''.<ref name="DetNewsTanton" /> | |||
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| '''NumbersUSA''' is an ] organization that seeks to reduce US ] levels to pre-1965 levels without country of origin quotas as established in the ]. It advocates for ] through user-generated fax, email, and direct mail campaigns. NumbersUSA also seeks to educate the public about the environmental, social, and economic impacts of immigration policy. | |||
| == History == | == History == | ||
| NumbersUSA was founded by ] in 1996 after he wrote the book, ''The Case Against Immigration''. He claimed to have seen problems in the United States resulting from immigration during his research for the book, which he based on a study of crime in ].<ref>{{cite news |last=D'Agostino |first=Joseph A. |date=August 25, 2003 |title=Numbers USA |url=http://humanevents.com/2003/08/26/conservative-spotlight-numbers-usa/ |url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627230700/http://humanevents.com/2003/08/26/conservative-spotlight-numbers-usa/|access-date=27 June 2018 |newspaper=] |location=Washington |page=16 |volume=59 |issue=29}}</ref><ref name="NYT-Pear-070715">{{cite news |last=Pear |first=Robert |date=July 15, 2007 |title=Little-Known Group Claims a Win on Immigration |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/us/politics/15immig.html |access-date=August 22, 2008 |work=]}}</ref><ref name="crusader3">{{cite web |last=DeParle |first=J. |date=April 17, 2011 |title=The Anti-Immigration Crusader] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/us/17immig.html |work=]}}</ref> Beck, a newspaper journalist for three decades, had become an editor at the anti-immigration crusader ]'s ] starting in 1992, and would be an employee of Tanton's U.S. Inc. for 10 years.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
| Tanton, who helped in the launching of NumbersUSA, had previously founded other anti-immigration groups including the ] (CIS) and the ] (FAIR).<ref name="DetNewsTanton" /><ref name="crusader3" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Beirich |first=Heidi |date=February 1, 2009 |title=The Nativist Lobby: Three Faces of Intolerance |url=https://www.splcenter.org/20090131/nativist-lobby-three-faces-intolerance |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=John Tanton's Network |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/john-tantons-network |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> As described in '']'', "The three Washington groups worked in tandem: FAIR lobbied Congress, CIS testified at government hearings, and NumbersUSA had followers ring legislators’ phones off the hook."<ref name="DetNewsTanton" /> NumbersUSA said it was independent of Tanton since 2002.<ref name="DetNewsTanton" /> | |||
| NumbersUSA was founded by ] while he worked for anti-immigration environmental activist ].<ref name="nyt_littleknown">{{cite news |first= Robert|last= Pear|title= Little-Known Group Claims a Win on Immigration|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/us/politics/15immig.html|work= New York Times|date= July 15, 2007|accessdate=July 24, 2008 }}</ref> Beck says that he started NumbersUSA after he wrote ''The Case Against Immigration '' (ISBN 0393039153). In the course of researching the book he tracked many of the problems in the US to immigration.<ref>"Roy Beck", Joseph A D'Agostino. '']. Washington: August 25, 2003. Vol. 59, Iss. 29; pg. 16</ref> However, Beck says that NumbersUSA has been independent of Tanton since 2002. | |||
| NumbersUSA has grown aggressively since its inception. In 2004, it reported 50,000 members.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/us/politics/15immig.html | work=The New York Times | first=Robert | last=Pear | title=Little-Known Group Claims a Win on Immigration | date=July 15, 2007}}</ref> In 2007, it claimed its website had 1.5 million visitors.<ref>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2007/12/05/4435261-more-oh-eight-rise-of-the-non-profits</ref> The organization currently claims as of December 2011 1.1 million member activists. | |||
| On June 28, 2007, NumbersUSA claimed a victory after a sweeping immigration bill collapsed in the ]. The organization's members used information and tools from NumbersUSA to contact legislators and voice opposition.<ref name="nyt_littleknown"/> | |||
| NumbersUSA credited Texas Democrat ] as its "spiritual godmother" after she chaired the bipartisan ] committee from 1994 until her death. The organization claims that Jordan's recommendations to cut annual green cards from 675,000 a year to 550,000 as well as eliminating "chain migration" during the Clinton administration were in line with its mission to reduce job competition and lower fiscal costs. The Clinton administration did not move forward with the recommendations, though the Commission did establish ]. Other members of the commission have stated that NumbersUSA took Jordan's recommendations out of context as it also proposed a global wait list for more than 1 million immigration applicants.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nakamura |first=David |date=19 December 2016 |title=After years on the outside, foes of legal immigration find a louder voice with Trump's election |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-years-on-the-outside-foes-of-legal-immigration-find-a-louder-voice-with-trumps-election/2016/12/19/952421b6-bbcf-11e6-91ee-1adddfe36cbe_story.html |access-date=2017-07-24 |newspaper=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Camarota |first=Steven A. |date=2014-02-12 |title=We Need an Electronic System to Verify the Legal Status of Workers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/12/09/understanding-immigration-reform/we-need-an-electronic-system-to-verify-the-legal-status-of-workers |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=www.nytimes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Morrison |first=Bruce A. |date=2023-04-12 |title=The Jordan commission wasn't anti-immigration |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-jordan-commission-wasnt-anti-immigration/2016/12/23/543e0968-c864-11e6-acda-59924caa2450_story.html |access-date=2024-05-18 |newspaper=] |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
| == Activities == | |||
| In 2004, NumbersUSA reported 50,000 members.<ref name=NYT-Pear-070715/> | |||
| NumbersUSA lobbies the executive and legislative branches of the US government for immigration reduction. It takes a multifaceted approach to immigration reform. First, executive staff at '''NumbersUSA Education & Research Foundation''' work directly with congress to inform them about the impacts of immigration.<ref>http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/May2007/Beck070509.pdf</ref> Second, '''NumbersUSA Action Inc.''' encourages direct civic outreach from its members who can send customizable faxes with pre-written headers to government officials. Members are also encouraged to call their representatives to voice concerns about the adverse consequences of immigration in response to email alerts. Also, it operates '''Americans for Better Immigration''', which scores U.S. representatives and senators on their immigration-related votes.<ref></ref> The Huffington Post reports "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."<ref></ref> The NumbersUSA 501c4s get 95 percent of its lobbying budget through member donations of $100 or less. | |||
| In 2007, NumbersUSA was influential in derailing a bipartisan comprehensive ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/us/anti-immigration-cordelia-scaife-may.html|title=Why an Heiress Spent Her Fortune Trying to Keep Immigrants Out|last1=Kulish|first1=Nicholas|date=2019-08-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-15|last2=McIntire|first2=Mike|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The organization's members used information and tools from NumbersUSA to contact legislators and voice opposition.<ref name=NYT-Pear-070715/> It claimed to have 1.5 million members that year.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Solomon, John |author2=Mosk, John |date=5 December 2007 |title=Nonprofits Become A Force in Primaries |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR2007120402388.html |access-date=27 June 2018 |newspaper=]}}</ref> | |||
| NumbersUSA is a member of the ].<ref>"Activist calls amnesty a 'slap in the face' to blacks" Lesley Clark. ''Knight Ridder Tribune News Service''. Washington: April 27, 2007. pg. 1</ref> It shares Arlington, VA office space with ], an organization advocating English as the official language of government in the U.S.<ref name="NumbersUSA address"></ref><ref name="ProEnglish address"></ref> | |||
| It has opposed United States immigration amnesty policies such as ], claiming that "employers were allowed to hire the DACA parents for 10, 15, 20 years."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sacchetti |first=Maria |date=2018-01-27 |title=Immigration proposal contains bitter pills for both sides |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/immigration-proposal-contains-bitter-pills-for-both-sides/2018/01/26/5e66a47c-024c-11e8-9d31-d72cf78dbeee_story.html |access-date=2024-05-18 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US}}</ref> During the ], NumbersUSA criticized efforts by ] on concessions made in the legislative process of the ] after initially praising the president and called Trump "very weak" for not mandating E-Verify despite campaigning to "hire American".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kim |first=Seung Min |date=2019-05-08 |title=White House tries to rally Republicans around changes to legal immigration system |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-tries-to-rally-republicans-around-changes-to-legal-immigration-system/2019/05/07/465518fe-70d3-11e9-b5ca-3d72a9fa8ff1_story.html |access-date=2024-05-18 |newspaper=] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Trump says he wants immigrants 'who speak English' and won't 'collect welfare' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-aims-cut-legal-immigration-legislation/story?id=48985055 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jan |first=Tracy |date=2018-05-23 |title=Trump isn't pushing hard for this one popular way to curb illegal immigration |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-is-very-weak-on-this-one-popular-way-to-curb-illegal-immigration/2018/05/22/adf5f85e-399b-11e8-acd5-35eac230e514_story.html |access-date=2024-05-18 |newspaper=] |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
| NumbersUSA also disseminates resources to educate the public about the effects of current immigration levels.<ref>http://www.numbersusa.com/content/publications/fact-sheets.html-0</ref> | |||
| According to '']'', NumbersUSA consisted of 2 million members as of 2013.<ref name="the atlantic"/> | |||
| NumbersUSA ran an ad during the Fox News Republican presidential candidates debate in 2011 which included some of their minority activists and the statement. "The immigration debate should not be about the color of people's skin, or their country of origin, or their religion, or where their grandparents were born, The debate should be about the numbers."<ref>North County Times REGION: Groups' TV ad campaigns advocate reducing legal immigration http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_abd27527-9d58-5efb-9fbf-6732b1ca9246.html</ref> | |||
| In November 2022, the organization announced James Massa, a former ] executive, as its next chief executive officer following the retirement of its founder, Beck.<ref name=nextceo/> | |||
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| NumbersUSA's says it is "pro-immigrant" and favors annual immigration of 200,000. On the group's website, Beck cautions against "immigrant bashing" and says, "Even illegal aliens deserve humane treatment as they are detected, detained and deported".<ref name="nyt_littleknown"/> | |||
| The organization's founder has claimed that the 1960s environmental movement and effect of population growth on natural resources led to an interest in immigration in the United States.<ref name="NYT-141204">{{cite news |author=Davis, Julie Hirschfeld |date=3 December 2014 |title=Genial Force Behind Bitter Opposition to Immigration Overhaul |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/us/politics/roy-h-beck-quietly-leads-a-grass-roots-army.html |access-date=27 June 2018 |newspaper=]}}</ref> NumbersUSA messaging argues that population growth is driven by immigration and that America does not have the infrastructure to support millions of migrants.<ref>{{Cite news |last=V.v.B |date=2015-09-30 |title=How a 1965 law changed the faces of America |url=https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2015/09/30/how-a-1965-law-changed-the-faces-of-america |access-date=2024-05-18 |newspaper=]}}</ref> It has opined that restricting immigration also increases jobs and wages for African American and Latino citizens with a message on its website stating "nothing about this website should be construed as advocating hostile actions or feelings toward immigrant Americans; illegal aliens deserve humane treatment even as they are detected, detained and deported."<ref name="the atlantic"/> | |||
| NumbersUSA began marketing a 1996 video presentation by its founder using gumballs to illustrate immigration to the United States with a conclusion that the country was not alleviating poverty worldwide by allowing migrants. This conclusion that the United States should increase immigration restrictions and help the impoverished where they are instead of allowing them to migrate to richer countries was met with criticism. The original video was viewed more the 6 million online before it was uploaded to ] in 2010.<ref name="the atlantic">{{cite news |last1=Ball |first1=Molly |author-link=Molly Ball |date=August 1, 2013 |title=The Little Group Behind the Big Fight to Stop Immigration Reform |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/08/the-little-group-behind-the-big-fight-to-stop-immigration-reform/278252/ |access-date=July 18, 2016 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE |title=Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs |date=2010-09-10 |last=NumbersUSA |access-date=2024-05-18 |via=YouTube}}</ref> | |||
| According to ], NumbersUSA is "an organization that presses for lower immigration levels along with humanitarian treatment of illegal immigrants"<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/23/lawmakers-warn-administration-plan-unilaterally-grant-blanket-amnesty/#ixzz1aezCU3un | work=Fox News | title=GOP Lawmakers Warn of Administration Plan to Grant Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants | date=June 23, 2010}}</ref> | |||
| NumbersUSA has run ads<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jenks |first1=Rosemary |title=Chain Migration Under Current U.S. Law: The Potential Impact of a Single Employment-Based Immigrant |url=https://www.numbersusa.com/content/print/resources/publications/attrition-through-enforcement/legal-immi/chain-migration-under-current-us-law?popup=true |access-date=April 5, 2017 |website=NumbersUSA}}</ref> containing "inaccurate, inflated and emotionally charged claims" according to ] and ].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-06-12 |title=A Puffed-up Appeal to Job Fears - FactCheck.org |url=http://www.factcheck.org/2013/06/a-puffed-up-appeal-to-job-fears/ |access-date=2017-03-29 |work=] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Marietta Republican says a single immigrant can lead to more than 270 others |url=http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2011/jan/18/phil-gingrey/marietta-republican-says-single-immigrant-can-lead/ |access-date=2017-03-29 |work=] |language=en}}</ref> Over the first six months of 2013, NumbersUSA spent more than $450,000 on television ads opposing ] that year.<ref name="the atlantic"/> | |||
| == Criticism == | |||
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| The ] (SPLC) describes NumbersUSA as part of a network of "anti-immigration" organizations created by Tanton.<ref name="splc_tantonnetwork"> {{wayback|url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=72 |date=20060624045739 }}</ref> A '']'' Opinion section article, also identifies NumbersUSA as one of a half dozen groups founded or funded by Tanton in order to stop immigration and promote ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Borderline Republicans|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB108742681731539433|accessdate=31 December 2014|work=Opinion|publisher=]|date=17 June 2004|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231035518/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB108742681731539433|archivedate=31 December 2014}}{{subscriptionrequired}}</ref> In February 2009, NumbersUSA was called a nativist organization by the ]'s report "The Nativist Lobby",<ref>http://www.splcenter.org/intel/nativist_lobby.jsp{{Dead link|date=February 2016}}</ref> though the SPLC also stated that there is no evidence of racism on behalf of Roy Beck or his organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/nativist_numbersusa.jsp |accessdate=October 5, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20091007132838/http://www.splcenter.org/intel/nativist_numbersusa.jsp |archivedate=October 7, 2009 }}</ref> NumbersUSA firmly denies having any racist or extremist views.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://theboard.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/the-nativist-lobby/ | work=Opinion| publisher= The New York Times | title=‘The Nativist Lobby' | date=February 4, 2009 | accessdate=May 20, 2010}}</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 07:43, 10 November 2024
Anti-immigration group | |
| Formation | 1996 |
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| Founder | Roy Beck |
| Location | |
| Key people | James Massa, President and CEO Anne Manetas, COO Eddie Huey, CIO |
| Revenue | US$ 7.46 million (2019) |
| Endowment | US$ 8.97 million (2016) |
| Website | www |
NumbersUSA is an anti-immigration advocacy group that seeks to reduce both legal and illegal immigration to the United States. It advocates for immigration reduction through user-generated fax, email, and direct mail campaigns.
NumbersUSA was founded by Roy Beck in 1996, with assistance from the anti-immigration movement figure John Tanton. NumbersUSA, along with the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), two other groups that Tanton founded, formed "the bulk of the anti-immigration movement" in the United States as of 2018, according to The Detroit News.
History
NumbersUSA was founded by Roy Beck in 1996 after he wrote the book, The Case Against Immigration. He claimed to have seen problems in the United States resulting from immigration during his research for the book, which he based on a study of crime in Wausau, Wisconsin. Beck, a newspaper journalist for three decades, had become an editor at the anti-immigration crusader John Tanton's The Social Contract starting in 1992, and would be an employee of Tanton's U.S. Inc. for 10 years.
Tanton, who helped in the launching of NumbersUSA, had previously founded other anti-immigration groups including the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). As described in The Detroit News, "The three Washington groups worked in tandem: FAIR lobbied Congress, CIS testified at government hearings, and NumbersUSA had followers ring legislators’ phones off the hook." NumbersUSA said it was independent of Tanton since 2002.
NumbersUSA credited Texas Democrat Barbara Jordan as its "spiritual godmother" after she chaired the bipartisan U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform committee from 1994 until her death. The organization claims that Jordan's recommendations to cut annual green cards from 675,000 a year to 550,000 as well as eliminating "chain migration" during the Clinton administration were in line with its mission to reduce job competition and lower fiscal costs. The Clinton administration did not move forward with the recommendations, though the Commission did establish E-Verify. Other members of the commission have stated that NumbersUSA took Jordan's recommendations out of context as it also proposed a global wait list for more than 1 million immigration applicants.
In 2004, NumbersUSA reported 50,000 members.
In 2007, NumbersUSA was influential in derailing a bipartisan comprehensive immigration bill. The organization's members used information and tools from NumbersUSA to contact legislators and voice opposition. It claimed to have 1.5 million members that year.
It has opposed United States immigration amnesty policies such as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, claiming that "employers were allowed to hire the DACA parents for 10, 15, 20 years." During the first Trump administration, NumbersUSA criticized efforts by Jared Kushner on concessions made in the legislative process of the RAISE Act after initially praising the president and called Trump "very weak" for not mandating E-Verify despite campaigning to "hire American".
According to The Atlantic, NumbersUSA consisted of 2 million members as of 2013.
In November 2022, the organization announced James Massa, a former Cisco executive, as its next chief executive officer following the retirement of its founder, Beck.
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The organization's founder has claimed that the 1960s environmental movement and effect of population growth on natural resources led to an interest in immigration in the United States. NumbersUSA messaging argues that population growth is driven by immigration and that America does not have the infrastructure to support millions of migrants. It has opined that restricting immigration also increases jobs and wages for African American and Latino citizens with a message on its website stating "nothing about this website should be construed as advocating hostile actions or feelings toward immigrant Americans; illegal aliens deserve humane treatment even as they are detected, detained and deported."
NumbersUSA began marketing a 1996 video presentation by its founder using gumballs to illustrate immigration to the United States with a conclusion that the country was not alleviating poverty worldwide by allowing migrants. This conclusion that the United States should increase immigration restrictions and help the impoverished where they are instead of allowing them to migrate to richer countries was met with criticism. The original video was viewed more the 6 million online before it was uploaded to YouTube in 2010.
NumbersUSA has run ads containing "inaccurate, inflated and emotionally charged claims" according to FactCheck.Org and PolitiFact. Over the first six months of 2013, NumbersUSA spent more than $450,000 on television ads opposing an immigration reform bill that year.
See also
References
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- "NumbersUSA Launches New Website and Changes up Executive Leadership". PR Newswire. November 30, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
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- NumbersUSA (September 10, 2010). Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs. Retrieved May 18, 2024 – via YouTube.
- Jenks, Rosemary. "Chain Migration Under Current U.S. Law: The Potential Impact of a Single Employment-Based Immigrant". NumbersUSA. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
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- "Marietta Republican says a single immigrant can lead to more than 270 others". PolitiFact. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
External links
- Official website
- "NumbersUSA Education & Research Foundation Internal Revenue Service filings". ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- "NumbersUSA Action Internal Revenue Service filings". ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
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