Mark Krikorian

Mark Krikorian is the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies.


Essays

Politics

The Perpetual Border Battle

| 06.28.12

Though some pundits insist illegal immigration is fading as a national problem, careful study of the border situation suggests otherwise. The challenge remains serious, and large enforcement gaps persist.

Security

Borderline Insanity

| 03.01.05

Compassion and national security often conflict. President Bush's immigration policy, by seeking both, delivers neither.

Security

Keeping Terror Out

| 03.01.04

If gardeners and housemaids can cross our porous borders, so can Al-Qaeda operatives.

Commentary

Politics

Obama's Immigration Fiat

| 09.08.11

The administration is playing favorites and giving illegal immigrants a free pass.

Politics

Suing Arizona

| 07.14.10

The Arizona lawsuit is part of a pattern of giving Mexico an effective veto over important U.S. government functions.

Politics

Divergent Foreign Policy Views: Survey Finds Biggest Public/Elite Gap Is over Immigration

| 12.25.02

It comes as no surprise that there are significant differences between the opinions of the public and the elite on a variety of foreign-policy issues.

Security

Asymmetrical Warfare and Immigration

| 10.23.02

The phrase "Home Front" was a metaphor that gained currency during World War I, with the intention of motivating a civilian population involved in total war.

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