New immigration publications from the Center for Immigration Studies

New from the Center for Immigration Studies:

1.
Downsizing Illegal Immigration: A Strategy of Attrition Through Enforcement
by Mark Krikorian
Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, May 2005
http://www.cis.org/articles/2005/back605.html

EXCERPT: Senators John McCain and Edward Kennedy recently unveiled a major bipartisan immigration proposal backed by a coalition of business, labor, and ethnic organizations. Unfortunately, this plan, like other suggested immigration plans (including President Bush's) is based on a false premise: Since the federal government can’t quickly deport the 10-12 million illegal aliens, the only alternative is legalization – i.e., amnesty.

But there is a third way that rejects this false choice, and it is the only approach that can actually work: Shrink the illegal population through consistent, across-the-board enforcement of the immigration law. By deterring the settlement of new illegals, by increasing deportations to the extent possible, and, most importantly, by increasing the number of illegals already here who give up and deport themselves, the United States can bring about an annual decrease in the illegal-alien population, rather than allowing it to continually increase. The point, in other words, is not merely to curtail illegal immigration, but rather to bring about a steady reduction in the total number of illegal immigrants who are living in the United States. The result would be a shrinking of the illegal population to a manageable nuisance, rather than today’s looming crisis. . . .


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Transcript of May 24, 2005, panel discussion on 'Downsizing Illegal Immigration: A Strategy of Attrition Through Enforcement'
http://www.cis.org/articles/2005/back605transcript.html

Panelists:
* Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies
* Greg Bednarz, former INS deputy assistant commissioner for investigations
* Roy Beck, Executive Director, Numbers USA


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3.
Refugee Resettlement and 'Freedom of Choice': The Case of Soviet Jewry
by Fred A. Lazin
Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, June 2005
http://www.cis.org/articles/2005/back705.html

EXCERPT: Between 1968 and 1973, almost all Soviet Jewish emigres resettled in Israel. By 1975-1976, however, a near majority favored resettlement in the United States. While the government of Israel wanted all emigres to resettle in Israel, many American Jewish leaders supported ''freedom of choice'' -- the right of Soviet Jewish emigres to choose their country of resettlement. In 1989, however, when Mikhail Gorbachev allowed free emigration for Soviet Jews and over 90 percent preferred to come to the United States, American Jewish leaders supported their government's policy to limit the entry of Soviet Jews as political refugees. The following essay traces the evolution and abandonment of the policy of ''freedom of choice'' among American Jewish leaders. . . .


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4.
Transcript of comments at June 3, 2005, luncheon presenting the 2005 Eugene Katz Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Immigration
http://www.cis.org/articles/Katz/katzpanel2005.html

Speakers:
Washington Times report Jerry Seper, recipient of the 2005 Katz Journalism Award
Keynote speaker Heather Mac Donald, of the Manhattan Institute and City Journal


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5.
The Latest Amnesty: McCain and Kennedy Make a Bad Pair on Immigration
by Mark Krikorian
National Review, June 6, 2005
http://www.cis.org/articles/2005/mskoped060605.html

EXCERPT: Sens. John McCain and Ted Kennedy recently unveiled legislation that would give legal status -- amnesty -- to 10 million illegal aliens, and create a guest-worker program to admit even more foreign workers. They have an impressive collection of congressional supporters and interest groups behind them. But a bipartisan endorsement list can’t hide the fact that this bill is a hoax we’ve seen before. . . .


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6.
Immigration-Related Dissertations 2004
Compiled by Kelly DuBois
Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder, June 2005
http://www.cis.org/articles/2005/dis2004.html

Immigrants Accounted for 26% of U.S. Uninsured Population in 2003, Study Finds