Government & Politics

Immigration: No Fix for an Aging Society.
   Center for Immigration Studies Announcement, May 2008

H-1Bs: Still Not the Best and the Brightest
   By Norman Matloff
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, May 2008

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

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

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

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

Immigration, Mainstream Media, and the 2008 Election
   By Stephen Steinlight
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, December 2007

Latino Voting in the 2006 Election: Realignment to the GOP Remains Distant
   By James G. Gimpel
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, March 2007

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

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

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

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

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

 

Losing Ground or Staying Even? Republicans and the Politics of the Latino Vote

   By James G. Gimpel

   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, October 2004

  

Testing for Citizenship: Update on the Redesign of the Naturalization Exam

   Center for Immigration Studies Panel, July 13, 2004

 

Post-Americans: They've just grown beyond their country

   By Mark Krikorian

   National Review Online, June 22, 2004

 

State and Local Authority to Enforce Immigration Law: A Unified Approach for Stopping Terrorists
   By Mr. Kris W. Kobach
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, June 2004

 

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

 

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

 

Guestworker Programs: Lessons from the Past and Warnings for the Future
   By Vernon M. Briggs, Jr.
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, March 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

 

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

 

Not Amnesty but Attrition: The Way to go on Immigration

   By Mark Krikorian

   National Review, March 22, 2004

 

INS, RIP: One Year Later

   Center for Immigration Studies Panel, March 3, 2004

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

Flawed Assumptions Underlying Guestworker Programs
   By Mark Krikorian
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, February 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

 

Promise Unfulfilled: Why Didn’t Collective Bargaining Transform California’s Farm Labor Market?
   By Philip L. Martin
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, January 2004

 

Immigration, Saudi Style: A radical disconnect.

   By Mark Krikorian

   National Review Online, January 13, 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
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, December 2003

 

Be Our Guest: Trade Agreements and Visas
   By Jessica Vaughan
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, December 2003

 

Politics by Other Means: The “Why” of Immigration to the United States
   By Fredo Arias-King
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, December 2003

 

Arizona Amnesty: Rewarding Illegal Aliens

   By Mark Krikorian

   National Review Online, November 21, 2003

 

Immigration in a Time of Recession: An Examination of Trends Since 2000
   By Steven A. Camarota
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, 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

   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, October 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

 

Can Immigration Law Be Enforced? A Year after 9/11, Many Still Answer 'No'

   Center for Immigration Studies Panel, September 26, 2003

 

RICO: A New Tool for Immigration Law Enforcement
   By Micah King
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, July 2003

 

Bar None: An Evaluation of the 3/10-Year Bar
   By Jessica Vaughan
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, July 2003

 

The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement in Immigration

   Center for Immigration Studies Panel, June 26, 2003

 

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

 

Mexico's Illegal Alien ID Card: Should it be Valid in the United States?
   Center for Immigration Studies Panel, June 12, 2003

 

Oil for Illegals? Mexico, and the Democrats, have a fit over House vote.,
   By Mark Krikorian

   National Review Online, May 14, 2003

 

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

 

IDs for Illegals: The 'Matricula Consular' Advances Mexico's Immigration Agenda
   By Marti Dinerstein
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, January 2003

 

Latinos and the 2002 Election: Republicans Do Well When Latinos Stay Home
   By James G. Gimpel
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, January 2003

 

Elite vs. Public Opinion: An Examination of Divergent Views on Immigration
   By Roy Beck and Steven A. Camarota
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, December 2002

 

Impossible Dream or Distant Reality? Republican Efforts to Attract Latino Voters
   By James G. Gimpel and Karen Kaufmann
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, August 2001

 

Con Game: The GOP Is Being Taken For a Ride

   By Mark Krikorian

   National Review Online, August 20, 2001

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

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
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, October 1998

   News coverage
   op-ed

 

"Rotten Boroughs: Immigration's Effect on the Redistribution of House Seats"
   By Steven Camarota
   pp. 1-4 in Immigration Review no. 33, Fall 1998 

 

"The Changing Politics of Immigration Policymaking in Congress"
   By James G. Gimpel and James E. Edwards Jr.
   pp. 10-13 in Immigration Review no. 32, Summer 1998 

 

Migration, Immigration, and the Politics of Places
   By James G. Gimpel
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, October 1999

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

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