To all NumbersUSA Members from CEO James Massa
Dear John,

If you are concerned at all with immigration policy, you must learn about Barbara Jordan and the last act of her illustrious life and career. Her work as Chair of the bipartisan U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, often referred to as the "Jordan Commission," is essential to understanding where we've been; and necessary for us to see where we need to go.

The Essential Barbara Jordan

February 21, 2024 - Today is Barbara Jordan's birthday. She would have been 88 years old. Known for her leadership in civil rights, Jordan tragically died in 1996 just before Congress voted on what may be her greatest contribution to our nation, the immigration recommendations she developed over the last years of her life chairing the "Jordan Commission."

YouTube: Barbara Jordan's Vision on Immigration: More Relevant Than Ever
Jordan was born 12 years after the Immigration Act of 1924 was signed into law. Thanks to the immigration reductions in that bill, young Barbara grew up during The Great Migration of Southern Blacks into the North and West. The tight labor markets were a key factor in The Great Leveling for all Americans, including and the rise of the Black middle class. Black economic gains led to new political power. Barbara Jordan became the first Black woman elected to the Texas State Senate in 1966.

As Jordan was on the cusp of beginning her political career in the Texas Senate, legislators in Washington, D.C. were obliviously dismantling the immigration policies that Americans had enjoyed over four decades of economic empowerment. The authors of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 promised a system that would admit no more than 265,000 immigrants per year. Instead, immigration numbers almost immediately doubled.

After 25 years of mass immigration, increased inequality, and expanding racial wealth gaps, Jordan was called out of political retirement to lead the most extensive investigation into immigration policy that America has ever seen.

The "Jordan Commission" offered clear answers to the twin immigration questions, "How Many?" and "Which Ones?". Only Jordan's untimely death prevented the reforms she envisioned for America from being enacted. NumbersUSA was founded that same year to advance the roadmap to sensible immigration policy that Jordan left behind.

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James Massa
CEO, NumbersUSA

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