NumbersUSA

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NumbersUSA
Formation1996
Founder Roy Beck [1]
Location
Key people
James Massa, President and CEO
Anne Manetas, COO
Eddie Huey, CIO [2]
Revenue
US$ 7.46 million (2019) [3]
Endowment US$ 8.97 million (2016) [4]
Website www.numbersusa.com

NumbersUSA is an anti-immigration [5] [6] [7] [8] advocacy organization that seeks to reduce both legal and illegal immigration to the United States. [9] [10] It advocates for immigration reduction through user-generated fax, email, and direct mail campaigns. [11]

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History

The organization was founded by Roy Beck in 1996 after he wrote the book, The Case Against Immigration. Beck has claimed to have seen various problems in the United States resulting from immigration during his research process for the book, which he based on a study of crime in Wausau, Wisconsin. [12] [13] [14]

NumbersUSA credited Texas Democrat Barbara Jordan as its "spiritual godmother" after she chaired the bipartisan U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform committee from 1994 until her death. The organization claims that Jordan's recommendations to cut annual green cards from 675,000 a year to 550,000 as well as eliminating "chain migration" during the Clinton administration were in line with its mission to reduce job competition and lower fiscal costs. The Clinton administration did not move forward with the recommendations, though the Commission did establish E-Verify. Other members of the commission have stated that NumbersUSA took Jordan's recommendations out of context as it also proposed a global wait list for more than 1 million immigration applicants. [15] [16] [17]

In 2004, NumbersUSA reported 50,000 members. [13]

In 2007, NumbersUSA was influential in derailing a bipartisan comprehensive immigration bill. [18] The organization's members used information and tools from NumbersUSA to contact legislators and voice opposition. [13] It claimed to have 1.5 million members that year. [19]

It has opposed United States immigration amnesty policies such as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, claiming that "employers were allowed to hire the DACA parents for 10, 15, 20 years." [20] During the Trump administration, NumbersUSA criticized efforts by Jared Kushner on concessions made in the legislative process of the RAISE Act after initially praising the president and called Trump "very weak" for not mandating E-Verify despite campaigning to "hire American". [21] [22] [23]

According to The Atlantic , NumbersUSA consisted of 2 million members as of 2013. [24]

In November 2022, the organization announced James Massa, a former Cisco executive, as its next chief executive officer following the retirement of its founder, Beck. [1]

Views

The organization's founder has claimed that the 1960s environmental movement and effect of population growth on natural resources led to an interest in immigration in the United States. [25] NumbersUSA messaging argues that population growth is driven by immigration and that America does not have the infrastructure to support millions of migrants. [26] It has opined that restricting immigration also increases jobs and wages for African American and Latino citizens with a message on its website stating "nothing about this website should be construed as advocating hostile actions or feelings toward immigrant Americans; illegal aliens deserve humane treatment even as they are detected, detained and deported." [24]

NumbersUSA began marketing a 1996 video presentation by its founder using gumballs to illustrate immigration to the United States with a conclusion that the country was not alleviating poverty worldwide by allowing migrants. This conclusion that the United States should increase immigration restrictions and help the impoverished where they are instead of allowing them to migrate to richer countries was met with criticism. The original video was viewed more the 6 million online before it was uploaded to YouTube in 2010. [24] [27]

NumbersUSA has run ads [28] containing "inaccurate, inflated and emotionally charged claims" according to FactCheck.Org and PolitiFact. [29] [30] Over the first six months of 2013, NumbersUSA spent more than $450,000 on television ads opposing immigration reform. [24]

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References

  1. 1 2 "NumbersUSA, Nation's Largest Single-issue Grassroots Group, Welcomes New CEO". PR Newswire. November 16, 2022.
  2. ↑ "NumbersUSA Launches New Website and Changes up Executive Leadership". PR Newswire. November 30, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
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