New from the Center for Immigration Studies

1. Immigrant Job Gains and Native Job Losses 2000 to 2004

By Steven A. Camarota

Testimony Prepared for the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims

May 4, 2005

http://www.cis.org/articles/2005/sactestimony050405.html

EXCERPT: “. . . Prior to the economic slowdown that began in 2000, I had generally assumed that the primary impact of immigration would have been to reduce wages and perhaps benefits for native-born workers but not overall employment. An important study published in 2003 in the Quarterly Journal of Economics showed that immigration reduces wages by 4 percent for all workers and 7 percent for those without a high school education. A significant effect to be sure. However, after a careful examination of recent employment data, I have become increasingly concerned that immigration may also be reducing employment as well as wages for American workers. . . .”

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2. New ‘Dual Missions’ of the Immigration Enforcement Agencies

By Michael W. Cutler

Testimony Prepared for the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims

May 5, 2005

http://www.cis.org/articles/2005/cutlertestimony050505.html

EXCERPT: “. . . It is vital that there be real accountability and real leadership where immigration is concerned. While Customs and Immigration were both border enforcement agencies, the border is where their similarities begin and end. I would therefore strongly recommend that the law enforcement officers who are charged with enforcing the immigration laws have a dedicated chain of command with a budget and training program that focuses on immigration. Certainly they can and should work cooperatively with the former Customs enforcement agents, but they need a separate identity in order to make certain that the current “Customization of immigration law enforcement” stops immediately for the security of our nation. The enforcement of the immigration statutes needs to be the priority and not an after-thought. . . .”

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3. Re: Immigration

Ten Points for a Successful Presidential Candidate

By Mark Krikorian

National Review, May 23, 2005 (cover story)

http://www.cis.org/articles/2005/mskoped052305.html

EXCERPT: “. . . It is therefore an opportune time to outline an immigration agenda for the 2008 presidential candidates. Here is a ten-point package, which includes both measures that a candidate should pledge to undertake on his own, and legislative changes that he should promote, as president: . . .”

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4. Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me The McCain/Kennedy amnesty.

By Mark Krikorian

National Review Online, May 13, 2005

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/krikorian200505130942.asp

EXCERPT: “The McCain/Kennedy amnesty bill has been unveiled, and it’s the same hoax we’ve fallen for before. . . . The essence of the bill is the same as the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act: amnesty up front for millions of illegal aliens in exchange for paltry promises of future enforcement -- promises that will quickly be abandoned. But in 1986, many people didn’t know that yet. There was a sense then that the law was a grand bargain -- closing the back door by prohibiting the employment of illegal immigrants (for the first time ever), but tying up the loose ends of prior policy missteps with an amnesty. But in the words of the old Russian saying, fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. . . .”

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5. The Minutemen's success

By Steven Camarota and Mark Krikorian

The Washington Times, May 13, 2005

http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20050512-084716-6859r.htm

EXCERPT: Last month's border-watch program in Arizona called the Minuteman Project is likely to be only the first of many such efforts by frustrated Americans. Its endorsement by many congressmen, and especially by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, virtually guarantees that more private citizens will volunteer to help monitor our neglected border with Mexico in an effort to shame Washington into action. What have we learned from the initial effort in Arizona? . . .”

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6. Problem offered as solution in new 'old' plan By Mark Krikorian Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), May 15, 2005

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/allheadlines/75052.php

EXCERPT: “Like the telemarketer who bilks a widow then comes back in different guise to 'help' her get her money back, the anti-borders crowd that created today's immigration crisis is offering as a solution the policies that got us in this mess in the first place. . . . The public is becoming increasingly concerned about immigration. The issue is seldom among the top two or three issues for voters, but that seems to be changing. Recurrent reports of terrorists and super-violent gang members exploiting our broken immigration system are finally getting people's attention. The way the Minuteman Project border-watch program in Arizona resonated on talk radio, its spread to other states, and its adoption by politicians as California Gov. Schwarzenegger are all signs the McCain/Kennedy amnesty bill may well be the last gasp of the anti-borders crowd.”

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7. “A Defense of the 'Real ID' Measure” by Mark Krikorian National Public Radio, May 12, 2005

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4650050

DESCRIPTION: President Bush recently signed the new federal law requiring verification of legal U.S. citizenship for driver's license applicants. We will hear arguments for and against the new regulations: Today Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, makes the case for it.

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