NumbersUSA Push On Immigration Policies
Roy Beck and NumbersUSA’s hardline immigration policies have received support in the recent past. The president continually talks about immigration, and this has given them exposure and the enthusiasm to keep fighting. NumbersUSA pushes for the cuts on family-based visas as well as legal and illegal migration cuts. This does not go well with everyone and especially organizations like the Libre Initiative that supports dreamers.
Unlike NumbersUSA, the Libre Initiative is highly funded from the deep pockets of billionaire industrialists Charles and David Kosh. NumbersUSA often felt like they were the Republican Party’s opposing wing while Libre represented the moderate business lobby.
Given the sensitive position NumbersUSA takes on issues, it has been controversial since its inception. The Southern Poverty Law Center has denounced the group for years. It was also named the racist architect of the modern anti-immigration movement because of its relationship with John Tanton.
Wendy Freliz, an advocate for undocumented immigrants, believes that NumbersUSA and all other Tanton- related groups use fear to sell their ideology. He says that fear is a powerful motivator, and NumbersUSA must have worked hard to make immigration a partisan issue. Click here for updates and more recent information about NumbersUSA.
The organizations’ revenue spikes every time congress feuds about immigration. For example, after introducing the comprehensive immigration reform act of 2007, the contributions towards the NumbersUSA lobbying arm quadrupled to 1.2 million. If passed, the bill would have provided 12 million undocumented immigrants with citizenship, but it failed. Since then, the organization’s contributions have dipped only once to below $1 million.
The case against immigration came to light when Beck used gumballs to illustrate the scale of immigration to the United States by the world’s poorest. The highest-grossing on record was given by Colcom, who gave ERF more than $30 million. In FY 2016, Colcoms grants of $6.78 million accounted for more than a quarter of ERFs revenue that year.
NumbersUSA’s vision is considered draconian, but many people support them because they believe that they have the public’s interest at heart. The more their supporters, the more the financial contributions. As long as congress will keep debating immigration issues, the more support the organization will get and the more the dollars.
Other social media outlets such as Twitter and even YouTube are also used to make people aware of their work. NumbersUSA believes that many American citizens are tired of losing jobs and having less to live on.
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