Roy Beck

Roy H. Beck is a former journalist and public policy analyst who has served as the Executive Director of NumbersUSA since 1997. Beck was a journalist for three decades before founding NumbersUSA. He is former Washington D. C. bureau chief of Booth Newspapers and one of the nation's first environment-beat newspaper reporters, formerly with The Grand Rapids Press and The Cincinnati Enquirer.[1][2] Beck was also the Washington DC editor of John Tanton's magazine The Social Contract, and a frequent speaker on population, labor, and immigration issues.

A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Beck won national awards during the 1970s for his coverage of urban expansion issues, including honors from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Izaak Walton League.[3] In addition to the advocacy of immigration reduction, much of his work focuses on urban planning and sprawl-related matters.

Beck's April 1994 article in the Atlantic Monthly, "The Ordeal of Immigration in Wausau," brought national media attention and commentary to the issue of mass immigration. [4] The New York Times credited Beck's NumbersUSA organization with applying enough pressure to U.S. Senators to defeat a comprehensive immigration bill in June 2007.[5] He has been described as a "tutor" for U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo on immigration issues.[6]

Beck has also served as the spokesperson of the Coalition for the Future American Worker and authored the book The Case Against Immigration (ISBN 0393039153).

Beck has gained notable attention via a colourful presentation on YouTube where he used gumballs to illustrate the infeasibility of immigration as a tool to alleviate world poverty. The conclusion was to help the impoverished where they are, instead of exporting them to richer countries.[7] Figures from the world bank do not match the video, they show 1.85 billion people living on less than $1.90 in 1990 reduced to 881 million in 2012 and 767 million in 2013.[8] The video starts with the premise "Some people say mass immigration can help poverty". According to the American Immigration Council, there are no categories of immigration intended to alleviate poverty. The categories for immigration to the US are Family Based, Employment/Skilled Based, Refugees and Asylees.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.businessweek.com/bios/Roy_Beck.htm
  2. ↑ Davis, Julie Hirschfeld (December 4, 2014). "Genial Force Behind Bitter Opposition to Immigration Overhaul". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. p. A20. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Roy Beck - About Sprawl City." Accessed March 19, 2009.
  4. ↑ http://www.theatlantic.com/past/politics/immigrat/beckf.htm.
  5. ↑ Pear, Robert (July 15, 2007), "Little-Known Group Claims a Win on Immigration", New York Times
  6. ↑ "Protecting their own ; Reform caucus a barometer of GOP schism on immigration."; Jonathan Tilove. San Antonio Express-News. San Antonio, Tex.: Jun 9, 2002. pg. 1G
  7. ↑ Ball, Molly (August 1, 2013). "The Little Group Behind the Big Fight to Stop Immigration Reform". Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  8. ↑ http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/overview
  9. ↑ https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/how-united-states-immigration-system-work

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