Mark Krikorian

Immigration

CIS Head Defends Fringe Population Control Leader

Last week, Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), went out on a limb to defend Phil Cafaro, Board President of the deceptively-named anti-immigrant organization, Progressives for Immigration Reform. “I’ve met Phil Cafaro and he strikes … Continued

Paper Trail: Countering the Center for Immigration Studies’s Lies of Omission

In March 2004, Mark Krikorian wrote the following about his organization, the Center for Immigration Studies, in a piece published on the paleo-Conservative website National Review Online (NRO): “CIS is not now, nor has it ever been, a recipient of money … Continued

SOTU Address and Senate Committee Hearing Pivotal to Immigration Reform

Follow us this morning on @Imagine2050 and @nativismwatch as we fact-check and comment on the Senate Judiciary Hearing on immigration reform. Yesterday and today are two of the most important days for the immigration debate this year: yesterday, the president … Continued

NumbersUSA Director Appears on Anti-Muslim & -Islam Radio Show

It seems some powerful players within this country’s anti-immigrant movement are moving to further solidify the intersections of their messaging and work—and the relationships developing from them—with those orchestrating the ever-emerging Islamophobia movement. Last December, for example, the Center for … Continued

Islamophobia

Press Conference Brings Together Leaders of Islamophobia, Anti-Immigrant, & White Nationalist Movements

In what is yet another recent and troubling collaboration between the long-established anti-immigrant movement and the ever-emerging Islamophobia movement in this country, at 1pm next Tuesday, Feb 5, the group America’s Survival will hold a press conference at the National … Continued

UPCOMING: CIS to Hold Counter-Presentation to LA Mayor’s Own at National Press Club

Last week the anti-immigrant group Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) announced that it will host a panel discussion on Monday, January 14 at 9:30 am ET at the National Press Club (NPC) in Washington, DC. The group has titled its … Continued

With the Hosting of Frank Gaffney, CIS Creeps Towards Islamophobia Movement

“Hello, I’m Mark Krikorian. I’m the one paying for the cheese and crackers, executive director of Center for Immigration Studies [CIS]. We have a great crowd here today. No testament to the Center. It’s actually a testament to our guest … Continued

Wait, Is FAIR Really Complaining about the “Politicization of Immigration Enforcement?”

When Hurricane Sandy hit, some hard-line GOP’ers took exception to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s supportive words for President Obama. When the attacks on our embassies occurred in Eygpt and Libya, Mitt Romney was widely denounced for attempting to spin … Continued