Law enforcement agencies in five Northern Virginia jurisdictions have joined a nationwide federal immigration records sharing program that's designed to take the most violent illegal immigrants off the street.
More than 15,000 new businesses have been added to our E-Verify database today, increasing the number of total businesses to 195,885. That’s nearly 200,000 of your local restaurants, dry cleaners, car washes, and grocery stores that you can check to see if they’re protecting American jobs by only hiring legal workers.
A new CNN poll reveals that 66% of Americans don't want the federal government to make it easier for illegal aliens to earn a citizenship. Only 33% say that the United States should make it easier for illegal aliens to earn citizenship. the majority of both Democrats and Republicans say they oppose making citizenship easier.
A new study conducted by an LSU sociology professor and doctoral student finds that immigration, specifically the influx of Latino workers, increases unemployment and violence in Black communities. The study concludes that an increase in low-skill workers, displaces low-skill Black workers resulting in more violence.
A Wall Street Journal article from guest columnist Leo Banks (Tuscon Weekly) captures the fear for personal safety among residents of the Southwest border. Last week, Banks' visited a service for Arizona rancher Robert Krentz who was recently killed on his property by a suspected illegal alien, and he said that the issue of illegal immigration is different from most Americans.
Reading a survey mailed to me by the Democratic National Committee gives some insight into the frustration driving the thousands of illegal aliens marching in the streets against them this weekend. For all the talk by DNC leaders in favor of an amnesty, they didn't want to bring up immigration to people from whom they hoped to raise money.
The Arizona Cattlemen's Association is preparing a list of border recommendations after Arizona rancher Robert Krentz was killed on his property a few weeks ago. The group is calling for the presence of National Guard troops among other things.
With Congress still home for Spring recess and President Obama out trying to explain Health Care to the American public, the NumbersUSA Local Power Team has methodically delivered thousands of Immigration-Reduction Report Cards to grassroots activists across the country. Over the last 3 months we've updated our Report Cards that rank and grade Congress on their actions to reduce or increase overall immigration, and just recently added the ability to easily print the Report Cards for delivery to your local District Offices. We are rolling out our new campaign called “S.T.O.P. AMNESTY in 2010! Target: State by State” over the month of April. This is just the first step. The NumbersUSA Local Power Team will be attending Town Halls, protests, Earth Day events, community meetings, marches, Tea Party rallies, demonstrations, and District Offices. Print your Report Cards out here.
While nearly 3 million Americans lost their jobs in 2009, the federal government issued more than 1 million new Green Cards over the same period of time. According to a new DHS report, 1,130,818 new Green Cards were issued to legal immigrants last year - the highest single-year number since 2006 and the fourth highest in history.