Interior Enforcement

Groups Lobby for Immigration Reform

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"Caroline Espinosa, a spokesperson for Numbers USA, an organization that advocates for immigration reduction, said that the number of members registered on the group's Web site swelled after the president and senators reached a compromise. The organization is drawing from these grassroots supporters to 'ramp up its efforts' this week...

United Press International

Senate to open debate on immigration bill

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""Already by Friday afternoon, we had some of the Republican offices calling us and saying: 'Would you tell your members we're definitely going to vote no, and will you call off the phone calls?' said Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, which has deemed the bill an amnesty for illegal aliens and whose members already have sent 185,000 faxes to Senate offices."

The Washington Times

Top GOP Hopefuls Keep Distance on Immigration

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"'[Giuliani] was constantly extolling the glory of illegal immigration,' said Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA, a group that advocates limits on immigration and penalties for undocumented workers. 'He's backing away from some of it now...'"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/14/AR2007051401356_2.html?hpid=topnews

The Washington Post

As Deportation Pace Rises, Illegal Immigrants Dig In

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"'We are not calling for I.C.E. to become the Gestapo knocking on doors in the middle of the night,' said Rosemary Jenks, director of government relations for NumbersUSA, a group in Washington that seeks to curb immigration. 'But we have to increase the likelihood that if you are here illegally you will be caught...'"http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/01/us/01deport.html?_r=2&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

The New York Times

Immigration Raid In Firebaugh Creates Fear In Mexican Immigrants

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"A series of immigration raids in the town of Firebaugh have residents there concerned ... Immigration officers have arrested hundreds and they have created a sense of panic in farming communities. Even U.S. residents often have relatives or friends who are here illegally..." http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=5245535

ABC30.com (Calif.); April 27, 2007

Electronic Employment Verification Proposals Raise Implementation, Effectiveness Concerns

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"'We'd like to see mandatory employment verification in any bill that passes,' Caroline Espinosa of Numbers USA told BNA. 'We'll take it any way we can get it.' Describing her group as an "immigration reduction organization," Espinosa said that the goal of reducing the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. could be achieved by 'attrition through mandatory enforcement...'"

Bureau of National Affairs Daily Labor Report; April 16, 2007

Workers at meatpacking towns preparing for possible immigration enforcement efforts

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"Frightened by raids last year at six Swift & Co. plants, illegal immigrants in America's meatpacking towns are preparing for their possible arrest ... [S]ince the Dec. 12 sweeps at Swift plants in six states, immigrant advocacy groups have been holding workshops, teaching undocumented workers how to prepare for their arrests by doing such things as drawing up legal documents so someone could care for their children and handle their financial affairs..."

Rosemary Jenks Discusses America's Immigration Security Crisis

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Length:  4 min 30 sec

The federal immigration bureaucracy cannot possibly handle its present workload, let alone deal with the administrative burdens of new amnesty and guest worker programs under current "comprehensive immigration reform" proposals in the U.S. House and Senate. This introductory video features Rosemary Jenks of NumbersUSA and is based on the congressional testimony of Michael Maxwell, former Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Office of Security and Investigations, who exposed the rampant corruption and mismanagement in that agency.

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