The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent research institute that examines the impact of immigration on the United States.
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- Location:
- Washington, DC, 20005-1202
- Phone:
- (202) 466-8185
- Mon - Fri:
- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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- Panel: Should Judges Set Immig...
Murrow Room at the National Press Club
Monday, June 8 at 9:30am
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. BP Washington expansion delayed 2. Amnesty deferred to Senate 3. UC Davis prof. fights H-1Bs 4. WI provides in-state tuition 5. UT strike force comes online Read more
"It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope...
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. Study shows VA cost 2. Prisoner release debated 3. AZ activist blasts enforcement 4. Recession hitting businesses 5. Smuggling tactics advance Read more
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. Obama hosts immigration summit 2. Border zones see decreased arrests 3. Fed judge order DHS to respond 4. MA gov seeks to extend healthcare 5. AZ enforcement bills advance Read more
According to news accounts, earlier this month ICE issued a directive to one of the most productive 287(g) jurisdictions to cease holding many of the illegal aliens arrested by the sheriff’s officers, and instead release them back into the community...
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. Obama urges action on amnesty 2. Group urges boycott of Census 3. Recession changes debate 4. Law student helps asylum seeker 5. Murderer faces deportation Read more
The leader of a national Latino political organization wasn't happy with the results of Thursday's immigration policy meeting at the White House between the president and congressional leaders...
Yesterday's twice-delayed White House pep rally for amnesty offered no surprises, other than the exclusion of Steve King, who's just, you know, the ranking Republican on the House immigration subcommittee...
A powerful Senate advocate of “comprehensive immigration reform” legislation Wednesday offered some marketing advice to those who want to help him get the bill passed: Call illegal immigration by its name...
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. Obama to discuss immigration 2. Senator Schumer is confident 3. OK bill would deport criminals 4. AZ co. likely to release funds 5. NC comm. colleges fight ban Read more
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. DHS chief pledges enforcement 2. Admin orders catch and release 3. Congress to consider bill 4. NY enforcement hawks protest 5. Americans pick ag-sector jobs Read more
Today’s New York Times has a story about a tragedy at a day care center in the northern border state of Sonora that has shaken the entire country...
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. White House meeting on Thursday 2. Study finds NC Latinos divided 3. WI lawmakers mull benefits 4. IL sues crooked services firm 5. Chicago activists seek budget Read more
Artfully practiced, casuistry is discernible only by the naturally skeptical or perspicacious while remaining invisible to the gullible or incautious majority. When performed ineptly, however, the duplicity is plain to all...
The president this morning spoke at a Hispanic prayer breakfast and reiterated his support for amnesty, but again offered no timeline...
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. Border Patrol arrests drop in '08 2. NC college board revisits policy 3. CA court upholds LAPD policy 4. AZ sheriff dismissive about probe 5. Catholic bishops want amnesty Read more
A new report from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) highlights the problem of our nation’s growing backlog of immigration cases but fails to address one obvious, and frequently overlooked solution: less immigration...
On Anniversary of Brutal Slaying, S.F. Mayor Appoints Sanctuary Advocate as Police Chief...
From a Washington Post story on foreign workers in Iraq: Jasim al-Dulaimy, another tribal leader in Anbar who brought in Bangladeshis, said the workers had adapted well to desert life, adding that he had made them adopt the long, loose dishdashas traditionally worn in the province. Read more
Mark Krikorian, Executive Director for the Center, was interviewed for a discussion on the deportation of illegal alien parents who have children in the United States. Watch the video below for his comments. Read more
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. CIS awards San Fran. reporter 2. Senate bill recognizes unions 3. Audit: MN gov't failing to verify 4. KS police chief fed action 5. ACLU challenges detentions Read more
Written by Betsey Sauer and Ani Grigorian On June 11, the House Subcommittee of Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism held a hearing on the FY 2010 Budget for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S. Coast Guard...
From the LA Times: No immigration agents descended on Overhill Farms, a major food-processing plant in Vernon. No one was arrested or deported...
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. DHS suspends deportation of widows 2. Judge tosses CT deportation orders 3. AZ panel approves crackdown 4. MN audit to assess program 5. Secure Communities expanding Read more
Address by Mark Krikorian to 972 new citizens on Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, Calif. Welcome to America...
The Rhode Island legislature is currently considering a bill to require the state’s employers to verify that all new employees are legal workers. Introduced by two Woonsocket-area Democrats, Sen. Marc Cote and Rep. Jon Brien, it passed the RI House in April, by a vote of 38-33...
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. Schumer: Sotomayor 'mainstream' 2. CO police complying policy 3. Minutemen protest policy 4. Activists press for amnesty 5. Permit applications dwindle Read more
Michael Barone has a posting at the Examiner site mulling over the implications of the drop in immigration from Mexico: Read more
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. New DHS program under test 2. Sen's effort likely in vain 3. CA plan under question 4. Population flows reversing 5. Groups debate impact Read more
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. Senate hears testimony 2. AZ counties receive funding 3. IN city appoints liaison 4. City of Oakland approves IDs 5. Boy Scouts seek expansion Read more
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. Obama postpones meeting 2. Coalition keeping pressure 3. AG Holder reverses policy 4. CA Rep seeks reunification 5. Same-sex couples seek rights Read more
Edited by Betsy Sauer and Jon Feere On June 3, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Uniting American Families Act of 2009 (H.R. 1024, S. 424). Under current U.S...
I was the keynote speaker at a big naturalization ceremony yesterday at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, Calif. (a really cool art-deco building, at least on the inside; maybe there is some there there after all)...
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. Bill gives rights to gay couples 2. Congressmen, Archbishop to open forum 3. States continue working locally 4. AZ sheriff demands review 5. Activists prepare campaign Read more
The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative reported its first 24 hours of operation at our land and sea ports of entry-- now fully in operation across all ports of entry-- as nothing short of incredible success...
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. New border ID rules working 2. GA Sec of State responds 3. WI measure seeks to license 4. MD county cracks down 5. Amnesty activists campaign Read more
The Erosion of Political Control
WASHINGTON (June 2009) – On June 8, President Obama will meet with congressional leaders to start discussions on an immigration bill. If such legislation were ever to pass, a ...
Host:Center for Immigration Studies
Time:9:30AM Monday, June 8th
Location:Murrow Room at the National Press Club
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. Cuba agrees to immigration talks 2. Gov't implementing new requirements 3. GOP to stand against SCOTUS nominee 4. Census count facing Hispanic boycott 5. E-verify use in CO on the rise Read more
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. Study: 1/5 of children are Latino 2. NY AG widening fraud investigation 3. NM PD stops holding illegals 4. Economy driving illegals home 5. Smuggler charged in AZ Read more
Today the Federal Register announced that the agency responsible for securing our borders, Customs and Border Protection, is designating enhanced driver's licenses and identification documents issued by the states of Vermont and Michigan and the Canadian provinces of Quebec, Manitoba, British...
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. SCOTUS pick a La Raza member 2. Secure Communities to reach all jails 3. GA congressman defends bill 4. Report: Profile of Hispanic children 5. Haitians hoping for TPS Read more
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. SCOTUS pick deflects pressure 2. GA candidate seeks end to "birthright" 3. CA city proposes ID card 4. Cancer drug challenges system 5. Immigrant sentenced for fraud Read more
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. Amnesty effort looming 2. Report: 287(g) undermines police 3. TX jails roll out program 4. CA co. approves detention center 5. Illegal sues over 287(g) Read more
Unemployment is growing in the United States, and CIS has recently reported that immigrants are being hit harder than natives by the ongoing recession. That means a sharp reduction in the pull factor in illegal immigration...
Please visit our YouTube and Facebook pages. 1. Obama to open amnesty discussion 2. Secure Communities to expand 3. ICE rounding up criminal aliens 4. Health care no benefit to illegals 5. AZ officials blast sanctuary Read more
Center for Immigration Studies