Legal Immigration

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

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

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

Taking Chances: The Folly of the Visa Lottery
   By Mark Krikorian
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, July 2004
   .pdf version

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

High Noon to Midnight: Why Current Immigration Policy Dooms American Jewry
   By Dr. Steven M. Steinlight
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, April 2004
   .pdf version

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

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

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

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

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

Fewer Immigrants, a Warmer Welcome: Fixing a Broken Immigration Policy
   By Mark Krikorian
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, November 2003
   .pdf version

Shortcuts to Immigration: The 'Temporary' Visa Program Is Broken
   By Jessica Vaughan
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, January 2003

Safety in (Lower) Numbers: Immigration and Homeland Security
   By Mark Krikorian
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, October 2002

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

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

RX for the INS
   By Mark Krikorian
   National Review Online, June 22, 2001

Blueprints for an Ideal Immigration Policy
   Edited by Richard Lamm and Alan Simpson
   Center for Immigration Studies Paper, March 2001

"Immigrant Visa Waiting List at 3.6 Million"
   By Jessica Vaughan
   pp. 5-6 in Immigration Review no. 28, Spring 1997 

"AF ISO WM: How Many Mail-Order Brides?"
   By Robert J. Scholes
   pp. 7-10 in Immigration Review no. 28, Spring 1997

"Visa Lottery Still an Inviting Option"
   By Jessica Vaughan
   pp. 10-13 in Immigration Review no. 28, Spring 1997

"Sibling Immigration: A Losing Proposition"
   By Patrick McHugh
   pp. 11-12 in Immigration Review no. 31, Spring 1998 

"Lucky Visas"
   By Mark Krikorian
   The Washington Post, March 14, 1996

Congressional Testimony: “Proposals for Reform of Legal Immigration Policy”
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims May 16, 1996
Statement of Rosemary Jenks, Senior Fellow, Center for Immigration Studies

Congressional Testimony: “Proposals for Reform of Legal Immigration Policy”
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, May 17, 1995
Statement of Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies

Rethinking the Purposes of Immigration Policy  
   By Otis Graham
   Center for Immigration Studies Paper, May 1991
   pdf version

Other links:

A 1995 report from the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform