Spawned from the pages of a book in 1996, urged to life by Americans across the country, grown to full size due in large part to the dawn of the Internet age, and now carried forward by the efforts of over 1,000,000 members, NumbersUSA has emerged as the leading voice on immigration in America.
Founded and led by author Roy Beck on the principle that exploding immigration levels were undermining other Congressional efforts aimed at improving the quality of life in America, the non-partisan immigration reduction organization NumbersUSA seeks to restore immigration numbers – both legal and illegal – in the United States to traditional levels in order to ensure long-term U.S. sustainability. To accomplish this task, NumbersUSA uses its various tools (reports, DVDs, website cards, email alerts) to educate the public about the effects of federally-driven U.S. population growth, particularly the environmental and economic justice impacts.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 drastically increased the number of immigrants allowed into the United States. The result was predictable, as the 1990s saw the biggest population boom in U.S. history.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 drastically increased the number of immigrants allowed into the United States. The result was predictable, as the 1990s saw the biggest population boom in U.S. history.
The chart above, which is now part of the iconic NumbersUSA logo, projects the population growth from 1970 through 2050. The green area depicts the growth from existing US population levels in 1970. The red area, which literally explodes off the chart, illustrates the impact of increased immigration levels as a result of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act and subsequent Congressional immigration actions.
Americans are becoming increasingly alarmed at their deteriorating quality of life due to lost jobs, depressed wages, sprawl, lost open spaces and increasing restrictions on their individual liberty caused by this new population explosion.
While our results are constantly measured in terms of membership size, number of alerts sent, faxes and emails delivered, letters published and website rankings, our successes have mostly resulted in defensive victories to date (immigration numbers have not been increased under our watch).
To this day, federal immigration policy continues to be the driving force behind U.S. population growth and counteract Congressional initiatives designed to improve quality of life in the United States. As long as that is the case, NumbersUSA will seek to change that by educating Americans and their elected leaders whenever and wherever possible. We will continue to provide the public with free tools to do so. Our success will be achieved when Congress restores traditional immigration levels that ensure long-term sustainability.
