NumbersUSA TV Ads Say Immigration Debate Should Be About Job Numbers, Not Race or Nationality

NumbersUSA TV Ads Say Immigration Debate Should Be About Job Numbers, Not Race or Nationality

Despite High Unemployment In Richmond, Eric Cantor Continues To Allow Millions of New Immigrants To Get Work Permits and Take Jobs

RICHMOND, Va., July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NumbersUSA launched a TV campaign in Richmond, Virginia this week, calling attention to the fact that our government continues to issue millions of work permits to Legal immigrants despite twenty million Americans having trouble finding jobs. The TV commercials make the point that the immigration debate should not be about the color of people's skin, their religion or nation of origin, but should be about JOB numbers.

In the industrially-based Richmond, Virginia economy, tens of thousands are unable to find a job. Thousands more have given up looking for work and the economic recovery appears to be stalling. The current unemployment rate is much higher than historical rates in the Richmond area. Yet, even against the sallow backdrop of an ailing economy, America's leaders continue to allow millions of new Legal immigrants to enter the U.S. and take American jobs.

"With the economic recovery stalling, we're hoping Eric Cantor will take the lead in getting America and Richmond working again," commented Roy Beck, NumbersUSA President. "One part of the solution is opening up more jobs for American workers by slowing the number of work permits our government issues to legal immigrants. It's a simple, common sense Numbers solution."

Separate studies by the Pew Hispanic Center and Northeastern University indicate that new immigrants are landing American jobs while Americans are losing jobs. The Northeastern University study said that while six million Americans lost jobs over the last two years, one million new immigrants landed jobs.

"The Republican leadership team has been in charge of the U.S. House of Representatives for seven months and done nothing to change immigration policy to benefit jobless Americans," Roy Beck said. Representative Cantor is the House Majority Leader.

The TV ad is shot on a clean, limbo set, and features close ups of various actors and actresses talking about what the immigration debate should and should not be about. All make the point that the immigration debate should be about the "NUMBERS," emphasizing NumbersUSA's approach to the immigration issue.

While the TV spots were launched in Richmond, Virginia this week, more market rollouts are planned shortly. The campaign will continue for months.

For more information about NumbersUSA or to view the NumbersUSA TV commercial, please visit www.NumbersUSA.org.

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