Below is a list with links to all Center publications, announcements, congressional testimony, and panel discussion transcripts dating back to 1986.

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Table of Contents

- Announcements
- Backgrounders
- Reports
- Papers
- Panel Discussion Transcripts
- Congressional Testimony
- Op-eds and Magazine Articles
- Selected Immigration Review Articles
- Books
 

Announcements

Survey: Voters Unaware of Candidates’ Immigration Positions: McCain Primary Voters in Particular Don’t Know, or Disagree With Him, March 31, 2008

The Immigration Solution? Panel Features Authors of Provocative New Book, 9:30 am, Tuesday, October 30, National Press Club

DREAM Act Offers Amnesty to 2.1 Million: New Estimate Shows Another 1.4 Million Family Members Could Also Stay

Senate Amnesty Could Strain Welfare System: Newest Data Shows Latin American Immigrants Make Heavy Use of Welfare, June 5, 2007

New Poll: Immigration Key Issue in Contested Races: Public Wants Illegals to Go Home, Enforcement, No Immigration Increase, October 16, 2006

New Poll: Americans Prefer House Approach on Immigration. Poll is First to Offer the Public a Choice Between House and Senate Plan

Should Sponsors Pay? Briefing on Effort to Compel L.A. County To Send Bills for Immigrant Health Care, August 18, 2004

High Noon to Midnight: Does Current Immigration Policy Doom American Jewry?, May 6, 2004

Immigration and American Workers: Study Examines Impact of Immigration on Wages,
April 29, 2004

Visas for Sale? An Insider's Thoughts on Why the State Department Should Lose the Visa Function, April 22, 2004

INS, RIP: One Year Later, March 3, 2004

Falling Behind on Security: Visa Tracking Deadlines, Met and Missed, December 18, 2003

Can Immigration Law Be Enforced? Two Years after 9/11, Many Still Answer 'No', September 26, 2003

Outsmarting Smart Growth: Study Finds Population Growth Key Reason for Sprawl, August 2003

Mexifornia? Panel to Feature Author Victor Davis Hanson, August 2003

Officers Need Backup: Lawmakers To Examine Immigration Role of Local Law Enforcement, June 2003

Back Where We Started: 1996 Law Failed to Cut Overall Immigrant Welfare Use, March 2003

800,000 + Illegals Entering Annually in Late '90s: New INS Report Also Finds 80,000 from Middle East, February 2003

IDs for Illegals: Mexico's 'Matricula Consular' Facilitates Illegal Immigration, January 2003

Census Releases Immigrant Numbers for 2000: Analysis by CIS finds size, growth unprecedented in American history, June 2002

How is the Media's Immigration Coverage? Panel Discussion & Award to Former Washington Times Writer, May 2002

Study Examines Effects of Welfare Reform on Immigrants: Findings indicate decline in use relative to natives, but only in California, March 2002

Immigration from Mexico: New Papers Examine Implications and Options, March 2002

Census Bureau: Over 100,000 Illegal Aliens from the Middle East: New Government Report Raises Concerns in Light of Terrorist Threat, January 2002

Dual Citizenship and American National Identity: New Study Examines the Effect on Our Cultural and Political Fabric. Paper, Panel Discussion Transcript, and Coverage, December 2001

Census Bureau: Eight Million Illegal Aliens in 2000: Finding Raises Concern Over Border Control in Light of Terrorist Threat, October 2001 

Zogby Poll on Immigration and Terrorism: Americans Think Lax Immigration Enforcement Helped the Terrorists, September 2001

Executive Director Mark Krikorian's overview of the immigration debate in 2000
January 2001

The Center's analysis of INS estimates demonstrate that 1986 amnesty increased illegal immigration (click here to download a .pdf version of the INS draft report)
October 12, 2000

The Center's Eugene Katz Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Immigration

Backgrounders

H-1Bs: Still Not the Best and the Brightest
   By Norman matloff
   May 2008

The Debate Over Non-Citizen Voting: A Primer
   By Stanley A. Renshon
   April 2008

“Jimmy Hoffa in a Dress:” Union Boss’s Stranglehold on Mexican Education Creates Immigration Fallout
   By George W. Grayson
   April 2008

No Coyote Needed: U.S. Visas Still an Easy Ticket in Developing Countries
   By David Seminara
   March 2008

The Weaponization of Immigration
   By Cato
   February 2008

Immigration, Mainstream Media, and the 2008 Election,
   By Stephen Steinlight
   December 2007

Immigrants in the United States, 2007: A Profile of America’s Foreign-Born Population
   By Steven A. Camarota
   November 2007
   News Coverage

Farm Labor Shortages: How Real? What Response?
   By Philip Martin
   November 2007
   Teleconference Transcript

Immigration-Related Dissertations 2006
   Compiled by Zach Nunez

100 Million More: Projecting the Impact of Immigration On the U.S. Population, 2007 to 2060
   By Steven A. Camarota
   August 2007
   Panel Discussion Transcript

The Security and Prosperity Partnership: Its Immigration Implications
   By James R. Edwards, Jr., Ph.D.
   June 2007

Illegitimate Nation: An Examination of Out-of-Wedlock Births Among Immigrants and Natives
   By Steven A. Camarota
   May 2007
   Panel Discussion Transcript

Low Salaries for Low Skills: Wages and Skill Levels for H-1B Computer Workers, 2005
   By John Miano
   April 2007
   Panel Discussion Transcript

Latino Voting in the 2006 Election: Realignment to the GOP Remains Distant
   By James G. Gimpel
   March 2007

Immigration, Intergroup Conflict, and the Erosion of African American Political Power in the 21st Century
   By Frank Morris and James G. Gimpel
   February 2007

Becoming American: The Hidden Core of the Immigration Debate
   By Stanley Renshon
   January 2007

A New Era of Refugee Resettlement
   By Don Barnett
   December 2006

The Public’s View of Immigration: A Comprehensive Survey and Analysis
   Prepared by the polling company™ for the Center for Immigration Studies
   November 2006

The Impact of New Immigrants on Young Native-Born Workers, 2000-2005
   By Andrew Sum, Paul Harrington, and Ishwar Khatiwada
   September 2006

Immigration-Related Dissertations 2005
   Compiled by Alisia Minasian
   September 2006

Immigration and Usurpation: Elites, Power, and the People’s Will
   By Fredo Arias-King
   July 2006

Amnesty Under Hagel-Martinez: An Estimate of How Many Will Legalize
If S. 2611 Becomes Law,
   By Steven A. Camarota
   June 2006
   Panel Discussion Transcript

Best? Brightest? A Green Card Giveaway for Foreign Grads Would Be Unwarranted,
   By Norm Matloff
   May 2006

Attrition Through Enforcement: A Cost-Effective Strategy to Shrink the Illegal Population,
   By Jessica M. Vaughan
   April 2006
   Panel Discussion Transcript

Mexican Officials Feather Their Nests While Decrying U.S. Immigration Policy,
   By George W. Grayson
   April 2006

Dropping Out: Immigrant Entry and Native Exit From the Labor Market, 2000-2005,
   By Steven A. Camarota
   March 2006
   Panel Discussion Transcript

Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Connection Between Legal and Illegal Immigration
   By James R. Edwards, Jr.
   February 2006

Immigrants at Mid-Decade: A Snapshot of America's Foreign-Born Population in 2005,
   By Steven A. Camarota
   December 2005

The Bottom of the Pay Scale: Wages for H-1B Computer Programmers
   By John Miano
   December 2005

Dual Allegiance: A Challenge to Immigration Reform and Patriotic Assimilation
   By John Fonte with a foreword by Newt Gingrich and an introduction by Thomas L.              
   Bock, National Commander of the American Legion, and Dr. Herbert I. London,      
   President of the Hudson Institute
   November 2005
   Panel Discussion Transcript

Birth Rates Among Immigrants in America: Comparing Fertility in the U.S. and Home Countries,
   By Steven A. Camarota
   October 2005

Keeping Extremists Out: The History of Ideological Exclusion and the Need for Its Revival
   By James R. Edwards, Jr.
   September 2005

Modernizing America's Welcome Mat: The Implementation of US-VISIT
   By Jessica M. Vaughan
   August 2005

Births to Immigrants in America, 1970 to 2002
   By Steven A. Camarota
   July 2005

Immigration-Related Dissertations 2004
   Compiled by Kelly Dubois
   June 2005

Refugee Resettlement and 'Freedom of Choice': The Case of Soviet Jewry
   By Fred A. Lazin
   June 2005

Downsizing Illegal Immigration: A Strategy of Attrition Through Enforcement
   By Mark Krikorian
   May 2005

Immigration in an Aging Society: Workers, Birth Rates, and Social Security
   By Steven A. Camarota
   April 2005
    Panel Discussion Transcript

Europe's Mujahideen: Where Mass Immigration Meets Global Terrorism
   By Robert S. Leiken
   April 2005

Citizenship Up for Grabs: The Supreme Court and Immigration
   By Mark R. Levin
   March 2005

United States Technological Superiority and the Losses From Migration
   By Donald R. Davis and David E. Weinstein
   February 2005

Lessons Learned From the Legalization Programs of the 1980s
   By David S. North
   January 2005

No Child Left Behind: New Rules for Unaccompanied Minor Illegal Aliens
   By Don Barnett
   December 2004

Economy Slowed, But Immigration Didn't: The Foreign-Born Population, 2000-2004
   By Steven A. Camarota
   November 2004

A Jobless Recovery? Immigrant Gains and Native Losses,
   By Steven A. Camarota
   October 2004

Losing Ground or Staying Even? Republicans and the Politics of the Latino Vote
   By James G. Gimpel
   October 2004

Social Security 'Totalization': Examining a Lopsided Agreement with Mexico
   By Marti Dinerstein
   September 2004

Immigration-Related Dissertations 2003
   Compiled by Irie Turner
   July 2004

Taking Chances: The Folly of the Visa Lottery
   By Mark Krikorian
   July 2004

Crime & the Illegal Alien: The Fallout from Crippled Immigration Enforcement,
   By Heather Mac Donald
   June 2004
 
State and Local Authority to Enforce Immigration Law: A Unified Approach for Stopping Terrorists
   By Mr. Kris W. Kobach
   June 2004

Increasing the Supply of Labor Through Immigration: Measuring the Impact on Native-born Workers
   By Dr. George J. Borjas
   May 2004
   Panel Discussion Transcript

High Noon to Midnight: Why Current Immigration Policy Dooms American Jewry
   By Dr. Stephen M. Steinlight
   April 2004

Guestworker Programs: Lessons from the Past and Warnings for the Future
   By Vernon M. Briggs, Jr.
   March 2004

Flawed Assumptions Underlying Guestworker Programs
   By Mark Krikorian
   February 2004

Promise Unfulfilled: Why Didn't Collective Bargaining Transform California's Farm Labor Market?
   By Philip L. Martin
   January 2004
 
Falling Behind on Security: Implementation of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002
   By Rosemary Jenks and Steven A. Camarota
   December 2003
 
Be Our Guest: Trade Agreements and Visas
   By Jessica Vaughan
   December 2003
 
Politics by Other Means: The "Why" of Immigration to the United States
   By Fredo Arias-King
   December 2003
 
Immigration in a Time of Recession: An Examination of Trends Since 2000
   By Steven A. Camarota
   November 2003
 
Fewer Immigrants, a Warmer Welcome: Fixing a Broken Immigration Policy
   By Mark Krikorian
   November 2003
 
Remaking the Political Landscape: The Impact of Illegal and Legal Immigration on Congressional Apportionment
   By Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Steven A. Camarota, and Amanda K. Baumle
   October 2003
    Read News Coverage

Out of Africa: Somali Bantu and the Paradigm Shift in Refugee Resettlement
   By Don Barnett
   October 2003

Where Immigrants Live: An Examination of State Residency of the Foreign Born by Country of Origin in 1990 and 2000
   By Steven A. Camarota and Nora McArdle
   September 2003
   Panel Discussion Transcript
   News Coverage

RICO: A New Tool for Immigration Law Enforcement
   By Micah King
   August 2003
   Panel Discussion Transcript

Bar None: An Evaluation of the 3/10-Year Bar
  By Jessica Vaughan
  July 2003
  Panel Discussion Transcript

The Universe of the Illegal Alien, from "Mexifornia: A State of Becoming"
   By Victor Davis Hanson
   June 2003
   Panel Discussion Transcript
   News Coverage

Immigration-Related Dissertations 2002
   Compiled by Thomas P. Redding
   June 2003

North American Borders: Why They Matter
   By Glynn Custred
   May 2003

Officers Need Backup: The Role of State and Local Police in Immigration Law Enforcement
   By James R. Edwards, Jr.
   April 2003

Postscript 9/11: Media Coverage of Terrorism and Immigration
   By William McGowan
   April 2003

Back Where We Started: An Examination of Trends in Immigrant Welfare Use Since Welfare Reform
   By Steven A. Camarota
   March 2003
   Panel Discussion Transcript

Immigration Policy at the Edges: International Migration to and Through the U.S. Island Territories
   By David S. North
   February 2003

IDs for Illegals: The 'Matricula Consular' Advances Mexico's Immigration Agenda
   By Marti Dinerstein
   January 2003
   Panel Discussion Transcript

Latinos and the 2002 Election: Republicans Do Well When Latinos Stay Home
   By James G. Gimpel
   January 2003

Shortcuts to Immigration: The 'Temporary' Visa Program Is Broken
   By Jessica Vaughan
   January 2003

Elite vs. Public Opinion: An Examination of Divergent Views on Immigration
   By Roy Beck and Steven A. Camarota
   December 2002
   Panel Discussion Transcript

Immigrants in the United States - 2002: A Snapshot of America's Foreign-Born Population
   By Steven A. Camarota
   November 2002
   Panel Discussion Transcript

Giving Cover to Illegal Aliens: IRS Tax ID Numbers Subvert Immigration Law
   By Marti Dinerstein
   November 2002

Safety in (Lower) Numbers: Immigration and Homeland Security
   By Mark Krikorian
   October 2002

The Deportation Abyss: It Ain't Over 'Til the Alien Wins
   By Michelle Malkin
   September 2002

Immigrants from the Middle East: A Profile of the Foreign-Born Population from Pakistan to Morocco 
   By Steven A. Camarota
   August 2002
   Panel Discussion Transcript
    News Coverage

Muslim Immigrants in the United States
   By Daniel Pipes and Khalid Duran
   August 2002
   Panel Discussion Transcript
    News Coverage

Mexico's Forgotten Southern Border: Does Mexico practice at home what it preaches abroad?
   By George W. Grayson
   July 2002
   Panel Discussion Transcript
   News Coverage

Immigration-Related Dissertations 2001
   Compiled by Jeff Hsu
   July 2002

An Evaluation of the Foreign Student Program
   By George Borjas
   June 2002
   Panel Discussion Transcript

The Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002: A Summary of H.R. 3525
   By Rosemary Jenks
   June 2002

Canada's Asylum System: A Threat to American Security?
   By James Bissett
   May 2002
   Panel Discussion Transcript

America's Identity Crisis: Document Fraud is Pervasive and Pernicious
   By Marti Dinerstein
   April 2002
   Panel Discussion Transcript

Another 50 Years of Mass Mexican Immigration: Mexican Government Report Projects Continued Flow Regardless of Economics or Birth Rates
   By David Simcox
   March 2002

The Coming Conflict Over Asylum: Does America Need a New Asylum Policy?
   By Don Barnett
   March 2002

The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001: A Summary of the Anti-Terrorism Law's Immigration-Related Provisions
   By Rosemary Jenks
   December 2001

Immigration and Terrorism: What Is to Be Done?
   By Mark Krikorian and Steven A. Camarota
   November 2001

Immigration-Related Dissertations, 2000
   October 2001

The Jewish Stake in America's Changing Demography: Reconsidering a Misguided Immigration Policy
   By Stephen Steinlight
   October 2001

Attitudes Toward Amnesty: Zogby Poll Examines Support Among Different Constituencies
   By Steven A. Camarota
   September 2001

The New Ellis Islands: Examining Non-Traditional Areas of Immigrant Settlement in the 1990s
   By Steven A. Camarota and John Keeley
   September 2001

American Unionism and U.S. Immigration Policy
   By Vernon M. Briggs, Jr.
   August 2001

Impossible Dream or Distant Reality? Republican Efforts to Attract Latino Voters
   By James G. Gimpel and Karen Kaufmann
   August 2001

Guestworker Programs: A Threat to American Agriculture
   By Mark Krikorian
   June 2001

Public Charge Doctrine: A Fundamental Principle of American Immigration Policy
   By James R. Edwards, Jr.
   May 2001

The Libertarian Case for Free Trade and Restricted Immigration
   By Hans-Herman Hoppe
   May 2001

There Is Nothing More Permanent Than Temporary Foreign Workers
   By Philip Martin
   April 2001

The Slowing Progress of Immigrants: An Examination of Income, Home Ownership, and Citizenship, 1970-2000
   By Steven A. Camarota
   March 2001
   Ne ws coverage

A Missed Opportunity: Pro-Industry Report Defends "Temporary" H1-B Visa Usage, Fails to Deal with Fact that It Will Be Permanent
   By Norman Matloff
   March 2001

Ethnicity, Immigration, and the American National Community
   By Tony Smith
   February 2001

Immigrants in the United States -- 2000: A Snapshot of America's Foreign-Born Population
   By Steven A. Camarota
   January 2001
   News coverage

Alternatives to Immigrant Labor?: The Status of Fruit and Vegetable Harvest Mechanization in the United States
   By Yoav Sarig, James F. Thompson, and Galen K. Brown
   December 2000

Reconsidering Immigration: Is Mexico a Special Case?
   By Samuel P. Huntington
   November 2000

Injustice for All: An Excerpt from Sellout: The Inside Story of President Clinton's Impeachment
   By David Schippers
   October 2000

 Immigration-Related Dissertations, 1999
   Compiled by Maria Cruz
   September 2000
 
America's Other Border Patrol: The State Department's Consular Corps and Its Role in U.S. Immigration
   By Nikolai Wenzel
   August 2000
   News coverage

Dual Citizens in America: An Issue of Vast Proportions and Broad Significance
   By Stanley Renshon
   July 2000
 
Immigration, Population, and the New Census Bureau Projections
   By Leon Kolankiewicz
   June 2000
 
The 1995 Asylum Reforms: A Historic and Global Perspective
   By David Martin
   May 2000
 
Guest Worker Programs for the 21st Century
   By Philip Martin
   April 2000
 
Indefinitely Temporary: Senate Boost to High-Tech Guest Workers Will Block Green Cards
   By Paul Donnelly
   March 2000
 
Distorted Incentives: The United States Pays the University of California Twice as Much to Educate Foreign Graduate Students as American Ones
   February 2000

Inalienable Identification Key to Halting Illegal Employment
   By David Simcox
   January 2000

The Politics of Labor Scarcity: Expediency and the Birth of the Agricultural "Guestworker" Program
   By Cindy Hahamovitch
   December 1999
 
The Top Ten Symptoms of Immigration
   By George Borjas
   November 1999

Migration, Immigration, and the Politics of Places
   By James Gimpel
   October 1999
 
High-Tech Trojan Horse: H1-B Visas and the Computer Industry
   By Norman Matloff
   September 1999
 
Here to Stay: There's Nothing as Permanent as a Temporary Refugee
   By Mark Krikorian
   August 1999
 
Immigration-Related Dissertations, 1998
    Compiled by Joseph King
    July 1999

"Immigrant Indigestion": A. Philip Randolph, Radical and Restrictionist
   By Daryl Scott
   June 1999

Homosexuals and Immigration: Developments in the United States and Abroad
   By James R. Edwards, Jr.
   May 1999

Show Me the Money: How Government Funding Has Corrupted Refugee Resettlement
   By Don Barnett
   April 1999

Immigration-Related Dissertations, 1997
   March 1999

Immigration and California Communities
   By William A.V. Clark
   February 1999

Immigrants in the United States -- 1998: A Snapshot of America's Foreign-born Population
   By Steven A. Camarota
   January 1999
   News coverage

Remaking the Political Landscape: How Immigration Redistributes Seats in the House
   By Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Steven A. Camarota, Leon F. Bouvier, Godfrey Jin-Kai Li,
   and Hong Dan
   October 1998
   News coverage
   op-ed

The Labor Market Impact of Immigration: A Review of Recent Studies
   By Steven A. Camarota
   May 1998

Alternatives to Immigrant Labor? Raisin Industry Tests New Harvesting Technology
   By Bert Mason, R. Keith Stiegler, and Gregory T. Berg
   February 1997
   News coverage

Measuring the Fallout: The Cost of the IRCA Amnesty After 10 Years
   By David Simcox
   May 1997

Quality of Life in the 21st Century: What the Latest Census Bureau Projections Mean for America
   By Leon Bouvier
   May 1996

Are Immigration Preferences for English-Speakers Racist?
   April 1996

How Much Is That Tomato in the Window?: Retail Produce Prices Without Illegal Farmworkers
   By Wallace Huffman and Alan McCunn
   February 1996

Immigrants on the Move: How Internal Migration Increases the Concentration of the Foreign Born
   By June Marie Nogle
   February 1996

Three Decades of Mass Immigration: The Legacy of the 1965 Immigration Act
   September 1995

Zero Net Migration: What Does It Really Mean?
   By Leon F. Bouvier and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.
   July 1995

Immigration-Related Statistics, 1995
   June 1995

The Costs of Immigration: Assessing a Conflicted Issue
   By David Simcox, John L. Martin and Rosemary Jenks
   September 1994

Immigration-Related Statistics, 1994
   May 1994

Operation Blockade: A Bullying Tactic or a Border Control Model?
   By John L. Martin
   December 1993

Reducing Legal Immigration: The Options
   By John L. Martin
   September 1993

The Basic Right of Citizenship: A Comparative Study
   By Sarah Adams
   September 1993

Immigration: The Neglected Orphan of Economic Policy
   By Vernon Briggs Jr.
   September 1993

Immigration Reform Gains Momentum
   By John L. Martin
   August 1993

Immigration-Related Statistics, 1993
   June 1993

Employer Sanctions, Tax Violations and Household Workers: Facing the Issues?
   By George B. High
   May 1993

The Implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement for Workers
   By F. Ray Marshall
   February 1993

Four Hundred Million Americans! The Latest Census Bureau Projections
   By Leon F. Bouvier and John L. Martin
   January 1993
    News coverage

Immigration and Free Trade With Mexico: Protecting American Workers Against Double Jeopardy
   By David Simcox
   December 1991
   News coverage

Immigration and Rising U.S. Fertility: A Prospect of Unending Population Growth
   By Leon F. Bouvier
   January 1991

Larger Immigration and Looser Labor Markets: Unemployment Outlook in Major Immigrant Receiving Areas
   By Leon F. Bouvier
   December 1990

Estimated First Year Public Assistance and Education Costs: 1991 Immigrants, Refugees and  Other Settlers Projected Under House Immigration Reform Bill (HR 4300)
   September 1990

The Census Bureau's 1989 Projections of Future U.S. Population: Which Scenario is Reasonable?
   March 1989

The Impact of Immigration on Congressional Representation
   By Leon F. Bouvier
   July 1988

Reports

The Impact of Welfare Reform on Immigrant Welfare Use
   By George J. Borjas
   March 2002
   .pdf version
   Panel Discussion Transcript

Enchilada Lite: A Post-9/11 Mexican Migration Agreement  
   By Robert S. Leiken
   March 2002

An Examination of U.S. Immigration Policy and Serious Crime
   By Carl F. Horowitz
   May 2001
   .pdf version

Immigration and the Hispanic Middle Class
   By William A.V. Clark
   April 2001

Five Years After NAFTA: Rhetoric and Reality of Mexican Immigration in the 21st Century
   By Robert Manning
   March 2000
   News coverage

Reconsidering Immigrant Entrepreneurship: An Examination of Self-Employment Among Natives and the Foreign-Born
   By Steven A. Camarota
   January 2000
   News coverage

The Impact of New Americans: A Review and Analysis of the National Research Council's The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration
   By Steven A. Camarota and Leon Bouvier
   December 1999

Shaping Illinois: The Effects of Immigration -- 1970-2020
   By Leon F. Bouvier and Rosemary E. Jenks
   March 1996

Shaping Florida: The Effects of Immigration -- 1970-2020
   By Leon F. Bouvier, William Leonard and John L. Martin
   December 1995
   News coverage

Shaping Georgia: The Effects of Immigration -- 1970-2020
   By Leon F. Bouvier and John L. Martin
   August 1995
   News coverage

Foreign-Born Scientists, Engineers and Mathematicians in the United States
   By Leon F. Bouvier and John Martin
   August 1995
   News coverage

Shaping Texas: The Effects of Immigration -- 1970-2020
   By Leon F. Bouvier and John L. Martin
   April 1995
   News coverage

Foreign-Born Professionals in the United States
   By Leon F. Bouvier and David Simcox
   April 1994
   News coverage

Papers

Reforming Dual Citizenship in the United States Integrating Immigrants into the American National Community,
   By Stanley A. Renshon

Immigration and Terrorism: Moving Beyond the 9/11 Staff report on Terrorist Travel,   
   By Janice L. Kephart

The High Cost of Cheap Labor: Illegal Immigration and the Federal Budget,
   By Steven A. Camarota
   August 2004
   Panel Discussion Transcript
    Selected News Coverage

Outsmarting Smart Growth: Population Growth, Immigration, and the Problem of Sprawl,
   By Roy Beck, Leon Kolankiewicz, and Steven A. Camarota
   August 2003
   Panel Discussion Transcript
   Selected News Coverage

The Open Door: How Militant Islamic Terrorists Entered and Remained in the United States, 1993-2001
   By Steven A. Camarota
   May 2002
   Panel Discussion Transcript

Dual Citizenship and American National Identity
   By Stanley A. Renshon
   October 2001 

Immigration from Mexico: Assessing the Impact on the United States
   By Steven A. Camarota
   July 2001

Forsaking Fundamentals: The Environmental Establishment Abandons U.S. Population Stabilization
   By Leon Kolankiewicz and Roy Beck
   March 2001

Blueprints for an Ideal Immigration Policy
   Edited by Richard Lamm and Alan Simpson
   March 2001
   .pdf version

Without Coverage: Immigration's Impact on the Size and Growth of the Population Lacking Health Insurance
   By Steven A. Camarota and James R. Edwards, Jr.
   July 2000
   News coverage
   op-ed

Importing Poverty: Immigration's Impact on the Size and Growth of the Poor Population in the United States
   By Steven A. Camarota
   September 1999
   News coverage

Doctors and Nurses: A Demographic Profile
   By Leon Bouvier
   February 1998

"What, Then, Is the American, This New Man?"
   Papers from a 1997 Center conference
   July 1998

The Wages of Immigration: The Effect on the Low-Skilled Labor Market
   By Steven Camarota
   January 1998
   News coverage

Embracing America: A Look at Which Immigrants Become Citizens
   By Leon Bouvier
   July 1996

"Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are": Black Americans on Immigration
   Researched by Robert Malloy
   June 1996

Immigration and the Labor Market
   November 1994

Can We Control the Border? A Look at Recent Efforts in San Diego, El Paso and Nogales
   By John L. Martin
   May 1994
   News coverage

Immigration, Population and Economic Growth in El Paso, Texas: The  Making of an American Maquiladora
   By David Simcox
   September 1993
   News coverage

Rethinking the Purposes of Immigration Policy
   By Otis Graham Jr.
   May 1991

Secure Identification: A National Need -- A Must for Immigration Control
   By David Simcox
   Fall 1989

Immigration Reform in Its First Year
   By David North
   November 1987

Employer Sanctions in Europe
   By Mark J. Miller and Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr.
   Spring 1987

Many Hands, Few Jobs: Population, Unemployment and Emigration in Mexico and the Caribbean
   By Leon F. Bouvier and David Simcox
   Winter 1986

Illegal Immigration and the Colonization of the American Labor Market
   By Philip L. Martin
   January 1986

Transcripts

Farm Labor Shortages: How Real? What Response? November 2007, Center for Immigration Studies, Washington, DC.

The Immigration Solution? Panel Features Authors of Provocative New Book, October 30, 2007, National Press Club, Washington, DC

100 Million More: Projecting the Impact of Immigration On the U.S. Population, 2007 to 2060, August 30, 2007, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Low Salaries for Low Skills: Wages and Skill Levels for H-1B Computer Workers, 2005, May 22, 2007 ,National Press Club,  Washington, DC,

Illegitimacy and Immigration, April 24, 2007, National Press Club, Washington, DC,

The State of Politics, Law, and Security in Mexico: Implications for U.S. Immigration Policy, January 18, 2007, Hotel Solamar, San Diego, California

New Poll: Immigration Key Issue in Contested Races: Public Wants Illegals to Go Home, Enforcement, No Immigration Increase, October 16, 2006, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Implications of the Hagel-Martinez Amnesty Bill, June 15, 2006, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Can Attrition Through Enforcement Work? May 10, 2006, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

As Immigration Grows, Working-Age Natives Leave Labor Market, March 22, 2006, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

Guestworker Programs: Do They Make Sense for America? March 3, 2006, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

Dual Allegiance and the Politics of Immigration Reform, November 30, 2005, Hudson Institute Walter and Betsy Stern Conference Center, Washington, D.C.

The French Riots and U.S. Immigration Policy, November 14, 2005, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

The 50% American: Immigration and National Identity in an Age of Terror,  October 24, 2005, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Release of Keeping Terrorists Out and Immigration and Terrorist, August 30, 2005, National Press Club, Washington, DC

State Lawmakers Assess Immigration Challenges, August 3, 2005, Center for Immigration Studies, Washington, DC

Downsizing Illegal Immigration: A Strategy of Attrition Through Enforcement, May 24, 2005, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Immigration in an Aging Society: Workers, Birth Rates, and Social Security, April 26, 2005, National Press Club, Washington, DC

The Institute of Politics and the Kennedy School of Government Forum: The Politics of Immigration Reform, featuring Mark Krikorian, March 7 2005

Modernizing the Welcome Mat: A Look at the Goals and Challenges of the US-VISIT Program October 26-27, 2004, Institute for Defense and Government Advancement, Washington, DC

Social Security 'Totalization': Examining a Lopsided Agreement with Mexico, September 22, 2004, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

The Costs of Illegal Immigration: The Impact of Illegal Aliens on the Federal Budget, August 25, 2004, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Testing for Citizenship: Update on the Redesign of the Naturalization Exam, July 13, 2004, Center for Immigration Studies Conference Center, Washington, DC

Eugene Katz Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Immigration, June 10, 2004, University Club, New York City, New York

High Noon to Midnight: Why Current Immigration Policy Dooms American Jewry, May 6, 2004

Increasing the Supply of Labor Through Immigration: Measuring the Impact on Native-born Workers, May 4, 2004, National Press Club, Washington, DC

INS, RIP: One Year Later, March 3, 2004, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Falling Behind on Security, December 18, 2003, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Remaking The Political Landscape: The Impact of Illegal and Legal Immigration on Congressional Apportionment, October 23, 2003, Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC

Can Immigration Law Be Enforced? Two Years after 9/11, Many Still Answer 'No', September 26, 2003, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Where Immigrants Live: An Examination of State Residency of the Foreign Born by Country of Origin in 1990 and 2000, September 5, 2003, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Outsmarting Smart Growth: Population Growth, Immigration, and the Problem of Sprawl, August 26, 2003, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Mexifornia: A State of Becoming, August 20, 2003, National Press Club, Washington, DC

The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement in Immigration, June 26, 2003, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

U.S.-Canada Border Issues, April 7, 2003, Rayburn House office Building, Washington, DC

Trends in Immigrant Welfare Use Since Welfare Reform, March 26, 2003, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Mexico and Immigration, January 28, 2003, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Public and Elites Differ Sharply: An Examination of Divergent Views on Immigration, December 17, 2002, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Immigrants in the United States--2002: A Snapshot of America's Foreign-Born Population, November 26, 2002, National Press Club, Washington, DC

How the 9-11 Terrorists Were Able to Enter the United States, October 31, 2002, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Canada's Asylum Policy, August 22, 2002, National Press Club, Washington, Dc

Immigrants from the Middle East, August 14, 2002, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Mexican Immigration After 9/11, August 6, 2002, Nixon Center, Washington, DC

Foreign Students in America, June 25, 2002, Rayburn Building-House of Representatives, Washington, DC

The Impact of Islamic Immigration on American Values and the Jewish Community hosted by the American Jewish Congress, June 5, 2002, American Jewish Congress, Philadelphia, PA

America's Identity Crisis, May 14, 2002, Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC

The Impact of Welfare Reform on Immigrants, March 28, 2002, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Dual Citizenship and American National Identity, January 31, 2002, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Immigration and American Labor, November 30, 2001, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Immigration and Terrorism, November 6, 2001, National Press Club, Washington, DC

Cantigny Conference Series: Immigration and Citizenship in America, July 2000, McCormick tribune Foundation, Wheaton, IL

Congressional Testimony

The H-2B Visa Program and a "Shortage" of American Workers
House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, April 16, 2008
Statement by Steven A. Camarota

Immigration and Black Americans: Assessing the Impact
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, April 5, 2008
Statement by Steven A. Camarota

Illegal Immigration: The Impact on Wages and Employment of Black Workers
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, April 4, 2008
Statement by Vernon M. Briggs, Jr.

Weaknesses in the Visa Waiver Program: Are the Needed Safeguards in Place to Protect America?
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, February 27, 2008
Statement by Jessica Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst

Proposal to Repeal Business Licenses of Businesses Repeatedly, Knowingly Hiring Illegal Aliens
Indiana State Senate, January 23, 2008
Statement by Michael W. Cutler, Fellow

State Immigration Law Training and Enforcement Programs Enhance Homeland Security and Public Safety
Nevada Commission on Homeland Security Las Vegas, Nevada, December 5, 2007
Statement by Jessica Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst

Governor Spitzer’s Proposal to Provide Driver’s Licenses to Illegal Aliens
New York State Senate Hearing, October 31, 2007
Statement by Michael W. Cutler, Fellow

Governor Spitzer’s Proposal to Provide Driver’s Licenses to Illegal Aliens
New York State Senate Hearing, October 15, 2007
Statement by Michael W. Cutler, Fellow

Professional Guestworker Visas and Employment Opportunities for U.S. Workers
Legislation, Intergovernmental and Veterans Relations Committee of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, Chicago, IL, September 18, 2007
Statement by Jessica M. Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst

International Students and Visiting Scholars: Trends, Barriers, and Implications for American Universities and U.S. Foreign Policy
U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight and the House Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness, June 29, 2007
Statement by Jessica M. Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst

Immigration, Social Security, and The Labor Market
House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, June 19, 2007
Statement by Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research

Immigration Policy and Organized Labor: A Never-Ceasing Issue
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, May 24, 2007
Statement by Vernon Briggs, Board Member

Becoming American: U.S. Immigration Integration
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, May 23, 2007
Statement by Stanley A. Renshon, Professor of Political Science, City University of New York, Psychoanalyst, Fellow

Faith-Based Approaches to Immigration Policy
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, May 22, 2007
Statement by Stephen Steinlight, Senior Policy Analyst

Immigration Policies and Their Impact on Small Business
U.S. House Small Business Committee, May 10, 2007
Statement By Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

Mass Immigration vs. Black America
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, May 9, 2007
Statement of T. Willard Fair, Board of Directors

Immigration's Impact On American Workers
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, May 9, 2007
Statement by Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research

Real Immigration Reform: The Path to Credibility
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, May 3, 2007
Statement by Vernon M. Briggs, Jr., Board Member

Proposals to Improve the Electronic Employment Verification and Worksite Enforcement System
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, April 26, 2007
Statement by Jessica M. Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst

Shortfalls of the 1996 Immigration Reform Legislation
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, April 20, 2007
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

Past, Present and Future: A Historic and Personal Reflection on American Immigration
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, March 30, 2007
Statement by Michael W. Cutler, Fellow

Assistance for Elderly and Disabled Refugees
U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, March 22, 2007
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

Crossing the Border: Immigrants in Detention and Victims of Trafficking
U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, March 15, 2007
Statement by Michael W. Cutler, Fellow

Preventing Illegal Employment: Federal “Basic Pilot” Verification Program is an Effective and Business-friendly Tool
House Committee on Labor, Rhode Island General Assembly, March 14, 2007
Statement by Jessica M. Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst

Preventing Illegal Employment: Federal "Basic Pilot" Program is an Effective and Business-Friendly Tool
Colorado Senate's State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, January 31, 2007
Statement by Jessica M. Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst

The Impact of Employment Verification
Field Hearing for Rep. Thelma Drake at Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, Va., September 12, 2006
Statement by John M. Keeley, Director of Communications

Immigration Reform and the U.S. Labor Force: The Questionable "Wisdom" of S.2611 (i.e. The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006)
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, August 29, 2006
Statement of Vernon M. Briggs, Board Member

Do the Reid-Kennedy Bill's Amnesty Provisions Repeat the Mistakes of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, September 1, 2006
Statement by Michael W. Cutler, Fellow

Immigration's Impact On American Workers.
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, August 29, 2006
Statement by Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research

Immigration's Impact on Public Coffers.
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, August 24, 2006
Statement by Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research

Implementation of S.2611 Will Result in an Administrative and National Security Nightmare
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, July 27, 2006
Statement by Michael W. Cutler, Fellow

Immigration's Impact on Public Coffers.
U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, July 26, 2006
Statement by Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research

Analysis of the Senate Amnesty Plan: S2611 Repeats Many of the Mistakes of the Past.
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, July 18, 2006
Statement by Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research

Examining the Need for Immigration Reform, Part II, Statement of Michael W. Cutler
before the Senate Judiciary Committee (Full Committee), July 12, 2006

DHS Intelligence and Border Security: Delivering Operational Intelligence.
U.S. House of Representative Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment, June 28, 2006
Statement by Michael W. Cutler, Fellow

Immigrant Employment Verification and Small Business, Statement of Mark Krikorian before the U.S. House of Representative Small Business Committee Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment and Government Programs, June 27, 2006

Visa Overstays: Can We Bar the Terrorist Door? Statement of Mark Krikorian
Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, May 11, 2006

Response to Public Notice 5319, regarding the State Department’s intention to investigate the possible adoption of a pilot program to enable foreign university students to work and travel in the United States for up to 12 months
Statement by Jessica Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst

Legislature Should Act to Ensure Banks Can Verify the Identity of Account Holders  Testimony prepared for the Joint Financial Services Committee, Massachusetts General Court, State House, Boston, March 7, 2006. Statement of Jessica M. Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Immigration Studies. 

Verification of Employment Authorization:  Federal Basic Pilot Program is an Effective and Employer-friendly Tool for Immigration Law Compliance
Colorado Assembly State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee, Denver, Colorado, February 21, 2006.
Statement by Jessica M. Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst

The Impact of Non-Citizens on Congressional Apportionment
U.S. House Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census, December 6, 2006
Statement by Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research

The Impact of Immigration on the American Workforce
U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, November 16, 2005.
Statement by Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research

Secure Licenses Critical to Homeland Security
Massachusetts State House Joint Transportation Committee, October 25, 2005.
Statement by Jessica M. Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst

Comprehensive Immigration Reform II
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, October 18, 2005
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

Reforming Dual Citizenship in the United States Integrating Immigrants into the American National Community.
U.S. House Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security & Claims, September 29, 2005
Statement by Stanley A. Renshon, Fellow

SAVE: A Useful Tool for State Agencies
Massachusetts State House Joint Committee on Housing, September 20, 2005
Statement by Jessica M.Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst

Diversity Visa Program
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, June 15, 2005
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

New 'Dual Missions' Of The Immigration Enforcement Agencies
U.S. House Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims, May 5, 2005
Statement by Michael W. Cutler, Fellow

Immigrant Job Gains and Native Job Losses 2000 to 2004
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims, May 4, 2005
Statement by Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research

Interior Immigration Enforcement Resources
U.S. House Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, March 10, 2005
Statement by Michael W. Cutler, Fellow

CPB and ICE: Does the Current Organizational Structure Best Serve U.S. Homeland Security Interests?
U.S. House Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight, March 9, 2005
Statement by Michael W. Cutler, Fellow

The Visa Waiver Program and The Screening of Potential Terrorists,
U.S. House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights, June 16, 2004
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

Pushing the Border Out on Alien Smuggling: New Tools and Intelligence Initiatives
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, May 18, 2004
Statement by Michael W. Cutler, Fellow

What’s Wrong with the Visa Lottery?
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, April 29, 2004
Statement by Steven Camarota, Director of Research

Flawed Assumptions Underlying Guestworker Programs
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, March 24, 2004,
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

Funding for Immigration in the President's 2005 Budget
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, March 11, 2004
Statement by Michael W. Cutler, Fellow

America's New Welcome Mat: A Look at the Goals and Challenges of the US-VISIT Program
U.S. House Committee on Government Reform, March 4, 2004
Statement by Jessica M. Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst

The Proposed Issuance of Maryland State Driver's Licenses to Illegal Aliens,
Maryland House of Delegates Judiciary Committee, February 18, 2004
Statement by Michael Cutler, Fellow

Guestworker Programs for Low-Skilled Workers: Lessons from the Past and Warnings for the Future
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, February 5, 2004
Statement of Vernon M. Briggs, Jr., Board Member

Preventing the Entry of Terrorists into the United States
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations,
Sub-committee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights, February 13, 2004
Statement of Peter K. Nunez, Board of Directors Chairman, Center for Immigration Studies

Preventing the Entry of Terrorists into the United States
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations,
Sub-committee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights, February 13, 2004
Statement of Jessica M. Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst

Immigration Policy and Low Wage Workers: The Influence of American Unionism
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, October 30, 2003
Statement by Vernon M. Briggs, Jr., Board Member

Impact of Immigration On American Workers
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, October 30, 2003
Statement by Steven Camarota, Director of Research

Deadly Consequences of Illegal Alien Smuggling
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, June 24, 2003
Statement by Peter Nunez, Board Member

The Issuance, Acceptance and Reliability Of Consular Identification Cards
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, June 19, 2003
Statement by Marti Dinerstein, Fellow

Securing the Homeland Through Immigration Law Enforcement
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, April 10, 2003
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

U.S.-Canada Safe Third Country Agreement
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, October 16, 2002
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

Threats to National Security: The Asylum System, The Visa Lottery, and 245(i)
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, October 9, 2002
Statement by Steven Camarota, Director of Research

H.R. 5005
U.S.  House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, June 27, 2002
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

Making Interior Enforcement Work
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, June 19, 2002
Statement by Steven Camarota, Director of Research

Immigration and Terrorism
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, October 12, 2001
Statement by Steven Camarota, Director of Research

Immigration and Civil Rights in the Wake of September 11th
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, October 12, 2001
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

The Impact of Immigration on U.S. Population Growth
U.S. House Immigration Subcommittee, August 2, 2001
Statement by Steven Camarota, Director of Research

An Examination of the Premises Underlying a Guestworker Program
U.S. House Immigration Subcommittee, June 19, 2001
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

H.R. 4548
U.S. House Immigration Subcommittee, June 15, 2000
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

Fraudulent Use of U.S. Immigration Documents
U.S. House Immigration Subcommittee, July 22, 1999
Statement by David Simcox

The Immigration Impact
U.S. House Immigration Subcommittee, March 11, 1999
Statement by Steven Camarota, Director of Research

Immigration Policy and the Plight of Unskilled Workers
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, March 11, 1999
Statement by Vernon M. Briggs, Jr., Board Member

Past Grants of Temporary Protection
U.S. House Immigration Subcommittee, March 4, 1999
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

H.R. 2531
U.S. House Immigration Subcommittee, March 24, 1998
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

H.R. 2837
U.S. House Immigration Subcommittee, March 5, 1998
Statement by Rosemary Jenks, Senior Policy Analyst

H.R. 371
U.S. House Immigration Subcommittee, June 26, 1997
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

Identification Documentation Fraud
U.S. House Immigration Subcommittee, May 13, 1997
Statement by Rosemary Jenks, Senior Policy Analyst

United States Citizenship
U.S. House Immigration Subcommittee, April 30, 1997
Statement by Rosemary Jenks, Senior Policy Analyst

Projected Increases of Legal Immigration
U.S. House Immigration Subcommittee, May 16, 1996
Statement by Rosemary Jenks, Senior Policy Analyst

H.R. 1915
U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, June 29, 1995
Statement by Vernon M. Briggs, Jr., Board Member

Proposals for Reform of Legal Immigration Policy
U.S. House Immigration Subcommittee, May 17, 1995
Statement by Mark Krikorian, Executive Director

Op-eds and Magazine Articles

What Happened to Immigration? Reports of the issue’s demise are greatly exaggerated
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, February 7, 2008

Mexico First? McCain has embraced a Vicente Fox aide as his own
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, January 28, 2008

John McCain, Multiculturalist: Immigration is just one problem
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, January 24, 2008

How should Californians concerned about immigration vote on Feb. 5? Is tougher enforcement yielding any positive results? What will the immigration debate look like a year from now?
   By Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies,
   and UC San Deigo professor and New America Foundation fellow Tomás Jiménez
   Los Angeles Times, February 4-8, 2008

Would tighter security curb illegal immigration? Yes.
   By Mark Krikorian
   CQ Researcher, January 23, 2008

Jewish Establishment Off-Key In Immigration Debate
   By Stephen Steinlight
   The Jewish Week, January 16, 2008

Online Debate: Foreign Students
   By Jessica M. Vaughan

Amnesty John: If this is straight talk, who needs lies?
   By Mark Krikorian
  National Review Online, January 7, 2008

The Case Against Immigration: Amy Chua gets a lot of things right but a few big things wrong.
   By Mark Krikorian
   The Washington Post, December 19, 2007

Immigration, both legal and illegal, puts huge strain on the country
   By Steven A. Camarota
   The North County (Calif.) Times, December 15, 2007

Farmworker Farce: The shortage simply doesn’t exist
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, November 6, 2007

Give Me Your Murderers, Your Huddled Cons ... In Our Flawed System, Even Criminals Can’t Be Sent Home
   By Michael W. Cutler
   New York Post, October 14, 2007

 Point/Counterpoint: No Need for Immigrants Here Debate: Let's Stop Welcoming Undocumented Immigrants
   By Mark Krikorian
   ABC News.com, October 2, 2007

Attrition by enforcement is the best course of action
   By Mark Krikorian
   Spartanburg (SC) Herald-Journal, September 30, 2007

Federal leaders need to rein in cities that go against policy
   By Mark Krikorian
   San Francisco Chronicle, September 30, 2007

Detention Centers In Virginia
   By Jessica M. Vaughan
   WUSA9.com, September 27, 2007

Fewer migrants mean more benefits: As immigration enforcement takes hold, jobs begin to open up to less-skilled Americans
   By Mark Krikorian
   Los Angeles Times, September 24, 2007

Take back the streets from immigrant gangs
   By Jessica M. Vaughan
   The MetroWest Daily News, September 16, 2007

Re: "Fixing Immigration" by Yuval Levin
   By Mark Krikorian
   Commentary, September, 2007

Bringing Diversity to the Debate
   By Mark Krikorian
   The American Conservative, August 27, 2007

Change of Heart on Immigration? The White House thinks it’s calling America’s bluff
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, August 13, 2007

Get Serious: More Immigrants Mean Fewer Jobs For Blacks
   By Mark Krikorian
   Urban League Opportunity Journal, Summer 2007

Immigration Is Hurting The U.S. Worker Low Paid American workers have borne the heaviest impact
   By Steven A. Camarota
   Americas Quarterly, Spring 2007

"Give Me the Tools:" They have them - so use them
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review, July 9, 2007

Picking up the pieces Immigration reform failed – now what? Existing law permits better enforcement
   By Mark Krikorian
   San Diego Union-Tribune, July 8, 2007

Limit relatives' rights: Decide what categories of people to admit, then let in all who qualify
   By Mark Krikorian
   USA Today, June 18, 2007

Misguided City ID Plan Undermines Security, Rewards Illegal Immigration
   By Jessica M. Vaughan
The Hartford Courant, June 17, 2007

Amnesty, R.I.P.: A bad deal dies
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, June 8, 2007

Legal, Good / Illegal, Bad? Let’s call the whole thing off
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, June 1, 2007

Without Merit: Why have skills-based immigration at all?
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, May 31, 2007

“Temporary Means Temporary”? No it doesn’t. And it shouldn’t
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, May 30, 2007

No Alien Left Behind: There’s nothing as permanent as temporary immigration status
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, May 29, 2007

Fort Dix Fix: Immigration policy in wartime
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, May 28, 2007

Proper enforcement is the only solution
   By Mark Krikorian
   San Diego Union-Tribune, May 27, 2007

Be Our Guest: New immig law? Enforce old ones first
   By Mark Krikorian
   New York Daily News, May 23, 2007

Immigrants Are People, Too: Moral decay doesn’t stop at the Rio Grande
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, May 2, 2007

Cease Citing Bible To Defend Bush’s Immigration Bill
   By Steven Steinlight
   Forward, April 29, 2007

Speaking Out on Immigration
   By Steven Steinlight
   The Jewish Advocate, April 23, 2007

Not a Dime’s Worth of Difference: What kind of people does the White House think we are?
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, April 10, 2007

Amnesty Follies: The false inevitability of 'Comprehensive immigration reform
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, March 15, 2007

An easy curb on illegal immigration
   By Jessica M. Vaughan
   The Providence Journal, March 14, 2007

Mark Krikorian and Tamar Jacoby on the Secure Fence Act, immigration economics, amnesty, workplace immigration raids, and the politics of immigration
   Los Angeles Times, February 19-23, 2007

State troopers should be trained in immigration law
   By Jessica M. Vaughan
   The Milford (Mass.) Daily News, December 10, 2006

R Stands for 'Enforcement'
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, December 6, 2006

Romney, the consumer
   By Steven A. Camarota
   The Boston Globe, December 6, 2006

Open-Borders Advocates Distort Election Results: Voters Did Not Endorse Amnesty
   By Mark Krikorian
   Human Events, November 20, 2006

Opposing view: No mandate for amnesty: Americans want to enforce our laws against illegal aliens
   By Mark Krikorian
   USA Today, November 16, 2006

"Interesting Opportunities" Are amnesty and open borders in our future?
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, November 9, 2006

Open Borders Threaten Jewish Clout
   By Steven Steinlight
   Forward, June 16, 2006

Another “No Amnesty” Amnesty: It was a nice try, at least
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, June 13, 2006

Long, Hot Summer: Border enforcement and the deaths of illegal immigrants
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, June 9, 2006

Amnesty S.O.S.: The masses are revolting
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, May 15, 2006

A Third Way
   By Mark Krikorian
   The Palm Beach Post, May 7, 2006

Boycott & Backlash: May Day in New New Mexico
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, May 1, 2006

Do immigrants drive down citizens' wages?: Yes
   By Steven A. Camarota
   New York Daily News, April 16, 2006

Not Just Mexicans: Guest-workers open doors to a whole new world
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, April 11, 2006

A-M-N-E-S-T-Y
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, April 6, 2006

The Guest Worker Idea, a Non-Starter in Debate
   By Mark Krikorian
   All Things Considered, April 6, 2006 (Audio commentary)

Attrition through enforcement will work
   By Mark Krikorian
   The San Diego Union Tribune, April 2, 2006

American Dhimmitude: The road from amnesty
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, March 30, 2006

Amnesty would mock law-abiding and spur illegal immigration
   By Steven A. Camarota,
   Indianapolis Star, March 26, 2006

Guest-Worker Programs Are a Dead End
   By Mark Krikorian
   Human Events Online, March 24, 2006

Giving Enforcement a Chance: Before We Give Up On Immigration Enforcement, Why Don't We Try It?
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review, January 30, 2006

Back in the CNMI: The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is no model when it comes to immigration
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review, December 31, 2005

Tougher measures aim to reign in uncontrolled immigration
   By Mark Krikorian
   Atlanta Journal-Constitution Online, December 29, 2005

Getting With the Enforcement Program
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, December 21, 2005

Punish Employers Who Hire Illegals
   By Mark Krikorian
   The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 4, 2005

L'Intifada en Los Estados Unidos
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, November 17, 2005

Use Enforcement to Ease Situation
   By Steven A. Camarota
   The Arizona Republic, October 23, 2005

Debating Immigration
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review, October 10, 2005

Not So Realistic: Why Some Would-Be Immigration Reformers Don't Have the Answer,    
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review, September 12, 2005

Immigration Problem Needs an Attrition Policy
   By Mark Krikorian
   The Arizona Republic, August 28, 2005

Liberal Two-Step: Dems Pay Lip Service Only On Border Patrol
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, August 19, 2005

Ay Caramba Mexican Immigration Isn't Going Away on Its Own
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, August 3, 2005

Bordering on CAFTA: More Trade, Less Immigration
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, July 28, 2005

The Latest Amnesty: McCain and Kennedy Make a Bad Pair on Immigration
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review, June 6, 2005

Re: Immigration: Ten Points for a Successful Presidential Candidate
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review, May 23, 2005

Problem Offered as Solution in New 'Old' Plan
   By Mark Krikorian
   The Arizona Daily Star, May 15, 2005

The Minuteman's Success
   By Mark Krikorian and Steven Camarota
   The Washington Times, May 13, 2005

Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me: The McCain/Kennedy Amnesty
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, May 13, 2005

No Child Left Behind: A Review of The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity and What to Do About It, by Phillip Longman, and Fewer: How the New Demography of Depopulation Will Shape Our Future, by Ben J. Wattenberg
   By Mark Krikorian
   The Claremont Review of Books, April 25, 2005

Harvesting Illegals
   By Mark Krikorian
   FrontPageMagazine.com, April 8, 2005

A REAL Solution: The Safe Side of the ID Debate
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, March 22, 2005

Borderline Insanity
   By Mark Krikorian
   The National Interest, Spring 2005

Job Data Should Give Pause to Immigration Advocates
   By Steven A. Camarota
   Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 20, 2005

Social Security and Mexico: A Travesty. What's Really Being Proposed
   By Marti Dinerstein
   The American Enterprise, January/February 2005

Should the United States get Tough on Illegal Workers? Yes
   By Mark Krikorian
   New York Daily News, December 26, 2004

Between the Lines: Bush May Have Won, but Tuesday's Results Contain No Mandate for Illegal-Alien Amnesties
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, November 5, 2004

Splintered Plank: The White House Spins and Misses on Immigration
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, August 26, 2004

Playing Games with Security: Taking Two Steps Back for Every Step Forward on Immigration
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, August 18, 2004

Post-Americans: They've Just Grown Beyond Their Country
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, June 22, 2004

Keeping Terror Out: Immigration Policy and Asymmetric Warfare
   By Mark Krikorian,
   The National Interest, Spring 2004

Some Lost Jobs Never Leave Home: Skilled Foreigners Flow In to Fill Them
   By Jessica Vaughan
   The Washington Post, May 2, 2004

Don't Give Noncitizens the Vote: Recent proposals to relax election requirements would ill serve the national interest
   By Mark Krikorian
   Newsday, April 26, 2004

Safety Through Immigration Control
   By Mark Krikorian
   The Providence Journal,April 24, 2004

Let Immigrants Vote? No
   By Mark Krikorian
   New York Daily News, April 18, 2004

Trade Agreements and Immigration
   By Jessica Vaughan
   In the National Interest, April 13, 2004

Gambling with Visas
   By Mark Krikorian
   The American Enterprise, April/May, 2004

Viewpoints: Should borders be open?
   By Mark Krikorian
   BBC News, UK Edition, April 1, 2004

Strange Bedfellows: Left and right on immigration
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, March 31, 2004

Not Amnesty but Attrition: The Way to go on Immigration
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review, March 22, 2004

Bush Bill Would Aid Mexico's Meddling in U.S.
   By Mark Krikorian
   Newsday, February 18, 2004

Earth to WSJ: Clueless on immigration
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, January 28, 2004

Enforcement Blues: Do we want an immigration agency that works, or not?
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, January 26, 2004
Amnesty, Again: This country should have learned -- apparently, it has not
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review, January 26, 2004

No Time like the Present for Driver's License Reform
   By Jessica Vaughan,
   The Bennington (Vt.) Banner, January 17, 2004

Bush Plan for Illegals Out of Touch with Reality
   By Mark Krikorian
   January 17, 2004

Immigration, Saudi Style: A radical disconnect.
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, January 13, 2004

Jobs Americans Won't Do: Voodoo Economics from the White House
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, January 7, 2004

Arizona Amnesty: Rewarding Illegal Aliens
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, November 21, 2003

A Stern Face and a Warm Welcome
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review, October 27, 2003

At Issue: Should amnesty be granted to Latinos living illegally in the U.S.?
   By Mark Krikorian
   The Congressional Quarterly Researcher, October 17, 2003

No Longer the Third Rail: Immigration makes a political comeback in California.
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, October 9, 2003

Freeloaders
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, October 3, 2003

Irving can help immigrants
   By Mark Krikorian
   The Dallas Morning News, September 14, 2003

Oil for Illegals? Mexico, and the Democrats, have a fit over House vote.
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, May 14, 2003

Green-Card Soldiers Don't Pass Muster: Using Noncitizens for Our Defense Raises Security and Allegiance Issues
   By Mark Krikorian
   Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2003

Green-Card Soldiers: Should the U.S. military be reserved for Americans?
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, April 22, 2003

The Security Costs of Immigration
    By Mark Krikorian
   American Outlook, February 2003

INS, R.I.P.: Into dustbin of history
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, February 28, 2003

NRO Debates: Dealing with illegal immigrants should be a top priority of the war on terror, Part I,
Part II,
Part III
   By Mark Krikorian and Tamar Jacoby
   National Review Online, February 12-14, 2003

Divergent Foreign Policy Views: Survey finds biggest public/elite gap is over immigration
   By Mark Krikorian
   In The National Interest,December 25, 2002

Welcoming the Enemy
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review,December 9, 2002

Immigration and Terrorism
   By Mark Krikorian
   The San Diego Union-Tribune,November 26, 2002

Asymmetrical Warfare and Immigration
   By Mark Krikorian
   In the National Interest, October 16, 2002

Targeting Tancredo: Further proof we're not serious about border control
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, September 20, 2002

Feel Safer Yet? Making Immigration an Issue
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, September 10, 2002

The Muslim Wave: Dealing with Immigration from the Middle East
   By Steven A. Camarota
   National Review, August 30, 2002

How the Terrorists Get In
   By Steven A. Camarota
   The Public Interest, Fall 2002

Hasta La Vista, Ziglar
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, August 20, 2002

Too Many: Looking Today's Immigration in the Face
   By Steven A. Camarota
   National Review, July 29, 2002

Eternal Vigilance: Handing out Green Cards is a Security Matter
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, July 23, 2002

Welcome New Americans
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, July 3, 2002

Alingual Education
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, June 13, 2002

Black and Tan Fantasy
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review, May 6, 2002

Muslim Invasion: What increased Muslim immigration could mean for U.S. Israeli policy and American Jews
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, April 17, 2002

Get Tight: Now More Than Ever, Immigration Should Be Curtailed  
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review, March 25, 2002

Stamp Act: Immigrants Si, Immigration No 
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, January 15, 2002

It's Time to Plug Our Le