Terrorism & National Security

Weaknesses in the Visa Waiver Program: Are the Needed Safeguards in Place to Protect America?
   Jessica M. Vaughan's testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on
   Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security, February 27, 2008

The Weaponization of Immigration
   By Cato
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, February 2008

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

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

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

Immigration and Terrorism: Moving Beyond the 9/11 Staff report on Terrorist Travel
   By Janice L. Kephart
   Center for Immigration Studies Paper, September 2005

Modernizing America's Welcome Mat: The Implementation of US-VISIT
   By Jessica M. Vaughan
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, August 2005

Release of Keeping Terrorists Out and Immigration and Terrorism
   Center for Immigration Studies Panel, August 30, 2005

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

Modernizing the Welcome Mat: A Look at the Goals and Challenges of the US-VISIT Program

   By Jessica M. Vaughan

   Presentation at the Smart Borders Conference, Institute for Defense and Government

   Advancement, Washington, DC, October 26-27, 2004

 

Playing Games with Security: Taking Two Steps Back for Every Step Forward on Immigration

   By Mark Krikorian

   National Review Online, August 18, 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

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

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

Keeping Terror Out: Immigration Policy and Asymmetric Warfare
   By Mark Krikorian

   In the National Interest, Spring 2004

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

Safety Through Immigration Control

   By Mark Krikorian

   The Providence Journal, April 24, 2004

 

Gambling with Visas

   By Mark Krikorian

   The American Enterprise, April/May, 2004

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

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 by Peter K. Nunez, Board of Directors Chairman

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 by Jessica M. Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst

Op-Ed: No Time like the Present for Driver's License Reform

   By Jessica Vaughan,
   The Bennington (Vt.) Banner
, January 17, 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
   .pdf version

 

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

   Center for Immigration Studies Panel, September 26, 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

 

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

 

U.S.-Canada Border Issues

   Center for Immigration Studies Panel, April 7, 2003

 

Green-Card Soldiers: Should the U.S. military be reserved for Americans?

   By Mark Krikorian

   National Review Online, April 22, 2003

 

Postscript 9/11: Media Coverage of Terrorism and Immigration

   By William McGowan
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, April 2003

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

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 II, Part III

   By Mark Krikorian and Tamar Jacoby

   National Review Online, February 12-14, 2003

 

IDs for Illegals: The 'Matricula Consular' Advances Mexico's Immigration Agenda
   By Marti Dinerstein
   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

 

The Open Door: How Militant Islamic Terrorists Entered and Remained in the United States, 1993-2001
   By Steven A. Camarota
   Center for Immigration Studies Paper No. 21

 

Visas for Terrorists: What Went Wrong?

  Center for Immigration Studies Panel, October 31, 2002

 

Asymmetrical Warfare and Immigration

   By Mark Krikorian

   In The National Interest, October 16, 2002

 

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

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

Immigrants from the Middle East: A Profile of the Foreign-Born Population from Pakistan to Morocco
   By Steven A. Camarota
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, August 2002

 

Muslim Immigrants in the United States
   By Daniel Pipes and Khalid Duran
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, August 2002

 

Eternal Vigilance: Handing Out Green Cards is a Security Matter

   By Mark Krikorian

   National Review, July 23, 2002

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

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

 

America's Identity Crisis: Document Fraud is Pervasive and Pernicious
   By Marti Dinerstein
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, April 2002

 

Get Tight: Now More Than Ever, Immigration Should Be Curtailed

   By Mark Krikorian

   National Review, March 25, 2002

 

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

 

Immigration and Terrorism: What Is to Be Done?
   By Mark Krikorian and Steven A. Camarota
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, November 2001

 

Panel Discussion on Immigration and Terrorism

   Center for Immigration Studies Panel, November 6, 2001

 

It's Time to Plug Our Leaky Borders

   By Mark Krikorian

   City Journal, Autumn 2001, Vol. 11, No. 4

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 Jewish Stake in America's Changing Demography: Reconsidering a
Misguided Immigration Policy
   By Stephen Steinlight
   Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, October 2001

 

Opening America's Borders: The high cost of cheap labor

   By Steven Camarota
   The Denver Post, September 30, 2001

 

How Did the Terrorists Get In?

   By Mark Krikorian and Steven A. Camarota

   San Francisco Chronicle, September 19, 2001

 

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