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NumbersUSA TV ad criticizes McConnell for immigration-bill effort

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"Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who helped revive an immigration bill this week, is drawing criticism back home in a sharply worded television ad being run by a national group. NumbersUSA, which favors restricting immigration, accuses McConnell of joining liberal icon Ted Kennedy in "strong-arming" senators to support "amnesty" for millions of illegal immigrants..."

The Associated Press (AP)

Immigration bill crumbles in Senate vote

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"Opponents claimed a populist victory over what Roy Beck of NumbersUSA called 'the cheap-labor lobby.' Beck said his organization, which focuses on immigration-related issues, generated more than two million faxes against the immigration bill since May. Hours before the Senate vote, the Capitol switchboard was swamped with phone calls."http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-06-28-immigration-bill_N.htm

By Kathy Kiely, in USA Today

The People Killed Amnesty

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"Much of the credit should also go to the bipartisan lobbying organization NumbersUSA, a powerful advocate for strengthening border security, which made it clear to members of Congress that they weren't buying the phony games some lawmakers wanted to play: proposing tough-sounding amendments that stood little chance of becoming law, while voting for cloture — and in effect for amnesty."http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/jun/29/the-people-killed-amnesty/

Wahington Times Editorial

Amnesty lobby is immigration Goliath

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"'The money and the lobbying power is stacked against us,' said a representative of NumbersUSA. 'This is an issue that people see and experience the effects of on an everyday basis. There is definitely a very powerful grass-roots activism on this issue.' NumbersUSA has more than 300,000 activists sending faxes and calling Congress, an increase from 100,000 two years ago. More than 1 million people receive e-mail alerts from the group..."

Little-Known Group Claims a Win on Immigration

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"When a comprehensive immigration bill collapsed last month on the Senate floor, it was a victory for a small group that had been lobbying Congress for a decade to reduce the number of immigrants — legal and illegal — in the United States. The group, Numbers USA, tracked every twist and turn of the bill. Its members flooded the Senate with more than a million faxes, sent through the organization’s Web site. It supplied arguments and information to senators opposing the bill. 'It was a David-and-Goliath struggle,' said Roy H.

Supreme Court Ruling Lets Voluntary-Departure Aliens Back Out of their Deal

U.S Supreme Court

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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that deportable illegal aliens can back out of their agreement to voluntarily depart the country and get another opportunity to make the case to immigration officials that they should be allowed to adjust their status.

LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AT RISK? Congress deciding whether to fund continuing local vise on illegal immigrants

Updated: June 25th, 2008, 5:57 pm
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  by  Roy Beck
Congressional appropriators start deciding tomorrow (June 18) whether to provide the dollars to continue the tightening vise on illegal immigrants in local communities. Powerful special interests are insisting on a withdrawal of funding for programs like 287(g) that are resulting in snowballing arrests and removals.

Have you toured our new web site?

Updated: July 17th, 2008, 4:18 pm

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  by  James Robb

Obviously, you have already discovered our newly designed web site. Whether this is your first visit or you have already come here many times, welcome! You're going to be discovering many new features and much new content to increase the reach of your activisim.

In fact, there are so many new features and added content that we've designed a new Video Tour. The tour will give you a quick idea of what is on the website and how to get there.

Supreme Court to Decide if Illegal Aliens can Receive In-state Tuition

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Several states, including California, Texas, and Kansas, currently allow illegal aliens to receive in-state tuition. However, the same privilege is not granted to legal Americans from out-of-state. This violates the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, which requires that any state that gives in-state tuition to illegal aliens must give the same benefits to out-of-state students.

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