Roy Beck is the founder and CEO of NumbersUSA Education & Research Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that favors reducing U.S. immigration numbers. He has written and produced television documentaries on U.S. immigration issues, including “The Camp of the Saints” and “Border Wars.” His articles and op-eds have been published in major news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and USA Today.
Roy Beck was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on May 15, 1954. His father was a career military officer, and his mother was a homemaker. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1966 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He also has a master’s degree in urban studies from the University of Washington.
Roy Beck began his career as a news reporter and later became a television producer. In 1985, he produced “The Camp of the Saints,” a documentary about mass immigration into Europe. The film was based on the Jean Raspail novel of the same name. In 2006, Beck produced “Border Wars,” a documentary about illegal immigration into the United States. The film featured interviews with U.S. Border Patrol agents and people who had crossed the border illegally.
Roy Beck received many awards for his journalism and documentary filmmaking work, including an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award. Also, in 2006 he was given the Freedom Award by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). According to recent research, Beck is one of the most influential people in the anti-immigration movement in the United States.
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