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Testimony Video: Immigration and the U.S. Economy
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Panel Video: Riots in France
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Panel Video: Immigration and National Security
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Panel Video: Costs of Illegal Immigration
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Testimony Video: U.S. VISIT Program Oversight
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Panel Video: Unguarded Gates
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Panel Video: IIlegal Immigration
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Panel Video: U.S./Canada Border Issues
| This video cannot be embedded in our website, please visit C-Span to view the video. Mark Kirkorian for the Center for Immigration Studies and Martin Collacott, an Immigration Fellow at the Fraser Institute(Canada), spoke about the U.S.-Canada border, security concerns, and the threat posed by terrorist organizations. Following their remarks they answered questions from the audience. Read more... |
Panel Video: Views on Immigration
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Panel Video: Immigration Statistics
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Transcript: 2011 Katz Award Ceremony
| Related Publications: Booklet, Video Welcome: Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies Speakers: Nicolas Stein, Producer, “Border Wars” National Geographic Television Leo W. Banks, Journalist and 2011 Katz Award Winner Transcript by Federal News Service Washington, D.C. Read more... |
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Panel Video: Immigration Policy Issues
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American Cause Conference Video: Open Borders and Terrorism
| This video cannot be embedded in our website, please visit C-Span to view the video. Pat Buchanon heads a panel consisting of Steven A. Camorata, Research Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, Columnist Michelle Malkin, Terry Jeffrey representing Human Events, and, Former Deputy Commissioner of the Immigration & Naturalization Service Rick Inzunza. Issues such as border security, terrorism, and the threats posed by various types of immigrants were covered. Read more... |
Panel Videos: Immigration from the Middle East
| This video cannot be embedded into our website. Please visit C-Span's website to view the video. Participants talked about the demographics of immigration from countries in the Middle East to the U.S. Among the issues they addressed were the number and influence of Muslim immigrants, the history of Middle East immigration, and the impact of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on immigration policy. Read more... |
2011 Katz Award Ceremony Booklet
| Related Publications: Video, Transcript Last April, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed SB 1070, and the state became the focus of a furious controversy over immigration enforcement. The media coverage was formulaic – out-of-town reporters flew in, got a quote from a Minuteman, another from an outraged protester, took a picture of the fence, and were on the 8 p.m. flight back to civilization. Read more... |
Arizona Reporter Wins Immigration Journalism Award
| WASHINGTON (June 8, 2011) – Leo W. Banks is the recipient of the 2011 Eugene Katz Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Immigration. The award, presented annually by the Center for Immigration Studies, is intended to highlight good reporting in a field where so much of the coverage is formulaic and mawkish. Read more... |
Panel Video: Impact of Immigration on Health Care Reform
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Testimony Video: Immigration and the Economy
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This Year’s Most Important Jobs Bill
| National Review Online, June 16, 2011 Rep. Lamar Smith has introduced what is probably the most consequential jobs bill of this Congress — the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 2164), which phases in use of the E-Verify system for all new hires. (There was a hearing on the bill yesterday morning.) Read more... |
A Need for More Immigrant Workers?
| Download a pdf of this Memorandum Steven A. Camarota is the Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies. Read more... |
The DREAM Act
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America’s Collection of Quasi-Amnesties
| Download a pdf of this Memorandum Updated July 27, 2011 David North is a CIS fellow who has studied the interaction of immigration and income transfer programs for more than 30 years. Read more... |
How Can the Asylum System Be Fixed?
| nytimes.com, July 12, 2011 Because claims are so hard to prove, asylum will always be one of the most fraud-ridden parts of the immigration system. Limiting such fraud is especially important because asylum represents a surrender of a portion of our sovereignty, since foreigners can sneak into our country illegally and demand asylum, and if they qualify we are bound by international law to let them stay. Read more... |
How Have Terrorists Entered the U.S.?
| Contact: Steven A. Camarota (202) 466-8185 sac@cis.org Read the report Download the .pdf version Panel Discussion Transcript Read more... |
Immigration courts need reform
| miamiherald.com, July 20, 2011 President Obama’s recent call for comprehensive immigration reform and its echo in more recent Senate hearings largely miss the point that America’s immigration system is upside down. No better example of this topsy-turvy failure is its immigration courts. Their frustrated judges call them “play courts.” In reality, they are courts that are built to fail. Read more... |