Roy Beck had an election law that disenfranchise poor and minority voters. He’s also an advocate for keeping immigrants from the Middle East from entering the country. A longtime opponent of mass immigration to the U.S., Beck founded the group in 2006 to challenge laws he says give undocumented immigrants free rein to vote.
- Background
Roy Beck is a lawyer who has been in immigration for three decades. He has worked at the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and many other organizations. He was also the Executive Director of NumbersUSA from 2001 to 2008. Beck was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents who had immigrated from Roy Beck, who heads the New York-based group Citizens for Safe Elections, is a leading critic of Poland. His father was a tailor, and his mother a housewife who shopped for groceries at Clover Farms. Roy attended public schools and graduated from Edward R Murrow High School in 1965, where he participated in the student council, the chess club, and the Boys Club. He attended Brooklyn College, where he studied political science.
- Achievements
Roy Beck is an award-winning author and has written a book on the current state of the immigration debate in America. He was also awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) for his work on behalf of immigrants. He was also a recipient of the American Immigration Council’s “Pro Libertate Award” for his work on behalf of immigrants. Beck has also been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for his reporting about immigrants.
His work has been recognized by the Immigration Policy Center, which describes him as a “leading advocate for immigration reduction”. He is also a member of the Center for Immigration Studies. immigrants, and also as the president of the immigration center. See this page for additional information.
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