Panel Video and Transcript: Can Conservatism Survive Mass Immigration?

Among conservatives and members of the Republican Party there has been disagreement over the path forward on immigration. Some consider support for an expansive immigration policy - others believe that continued mass immigration is incompatible with the goals of shrinking government. A video and transcript are now available of the Center panel held to explore this topic. Read More...

Every year, 300,000 to 400,000 children are born to illegal immigrants in the United States, each one of them automatically a U.S. citizen despite the illegal status of their parents. This practice of automatic, or birthright, citizenship is not the result of any specific legislation, regulation, executive order, or judicial ruling, and yet has become de facto law of the land. Read More...

Less-educated, younger, and minority American workers face the worst job market in decades, far worse than their more educated counterparts. This report examines their employment situation in the second quarters of 2010 and before the recession in 2007. Read More...

To promote robust discussion of the politics and practicalities of implementing Exit, the Center took the lead in bringing together some of the most important thinkers and decision makers with very different views on the issue. The June 2 program was invitation-only and off the record, with no media. This report is a summary of those discussions. Read More...

Federal officials routinely assure the public that they are gaining control over the Arizona border. Despite these assurances, this video shows why the border there remains porous. Two border residents, an illegal alien, and a Border Patrol Union spokesman share their experiences with illegal entry in the area. Read More...

In this penetrating Broadside, Mark Krikorian lays out the details of Obama's open-borders approach to immigration and its political consequences. Krikorian, one of the leading critics of current immigration policy, examines the Administration's record of weakening enforcement and describes how legislation crafted by the president's supporters in Congress would ensure new waves of illegal immigration. Krikorian also explains how continued high levels of immigration, regardless of legal status, would progressively move the United States in the direction of more government and less liberty. Read More...