Mark Krikorian
Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies, [email protected] "the leading theorist of immigration restriction in America" -- John Podhoretz
Last synced from Twitter 851d ago
Maneuvering To Force The U.S. To Accept Immigrants Who Will Become Public Charges
Manhattan Contrarian 3d 1 tweets
“Vile.” “Repugnant to the American dream.” “Cruel.” “Callous and despicable.” “An abhorrent act of moral terrorism.” These are just a few of the comments that have been uttered in the past few weeks with respect to a policy change recently...
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Mark Krikorian "why would anyone think it’s a good idea to force the U.S. to accept as immigrants large numbers of people who are highly likely to become public charges?" 3d
Department of Justice Prosecuted a Record-Breaking Number of Immigration-Related Cases in Fiscal Year 2019
Justice.gov 3d 1 tweets
The Justice Department today announced that in fiscal year 2019 (FY19), its U.S. Attorneys’ Offices prosecuted the highest number of immigration-related offenses since record keeping began more than 25 years ago. These numbers successfully reverse...
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Mark Krikorian Under Obama, prosecutions fell not only for misdemeanor border-jumping & felony re-entry after deportation, but there were far fewer prosecutions even for *alien-smuggling*. No wonder border infiltration exploded. 3d
In a first, Mexico deports 311 Indians trying to sneak into US | India News - Times of India
The Times of India 4d 2 tweets
India News: In a transatlantic deportation without precedent, Mexico has put 311 Indians - caught illegally entering the country and trying to cross over to the U
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Mark Krikorian In a first, Mexico deports 311 Indians trying to sneak into US #winning 4d
Trump wants a warrior to elevate his immigration fight in an election year
POLITICO 4d 1 tweets
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Mark Krikorian "But acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney has reservations about Cuccinelli, ...whose past comments on social issues, including rhetoric criticized as anti-LGBT, gives Mulvaney 'heartburn,' according to a top DHS official." 4d
Poll: Increasing Immigration is Most Unpopular 2020 Political Position
Breitbart 47d 3 tweets
Increasing immigration to the U.S. is the most unpopular position a 2020 presidential candidate can take, according to a new poll.
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Mark Krikorian "When all U.S. voters were asked which position would make them the most unlikely to vote for a 2020 presidential candidate, 'opening our borders to many more immigrants' topped the list with 64 percent." Harvard/Harris poll, not from an advocacy group. 4d
GOP Sen. Kennedy Blocks Bill to Import More Indian Graduates
Breitbart 4d 1 tweets
GOP Sen. John Kennedy blocked a bill drafted by a top Democratic Senator to raise the flow of foreign workers into Americans' office jobs.
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Mark Krikorian Dick Durbin was seriously trying to push through a big increase in immigration via unanimous consent, without even a single committee hearing? 4d
Ken Cuccinelli to Media: Immigration Must Help Americans, Not Only the Economy
Breitbart 4d 1 tweets
The government's immigration policy must benefit ordinary Americans, not just American investors, citizenship chief Ken Cuccinelli said.
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Mark Krikorian "The federal government’s immigration policy must benefit ordinary Americans, not just American investors, citizenship chief Ken Cuccinelli told reporters on Wednesday" The fact he even had to say this is a sign of how off-track immigration policy has been 4d
New Nashville mayor is reversing predecessor on immigration
The Washington Times 5d 1 tweets
The new mayor of Nashville is rescinding an executive order by his predecessor discouraging Tennessee’s capital city from cooperating with immigration officials.
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Mark Krikorian "The new mayor of Nashville is rescinding an executive order by his predecessor discouraging Tennessee’s capital city from cooperating with immigration officials." Carol Swain would've been better, but this is a start. 5d
BOC appoints member to ethics panel for D.A. King's complaint against Gwinnett Commissioner Marlene Fosque
Gwinnett Daily Post 5d 1 tweets
For the second time in less than three years, an ethics panel is being convened to hear a complaint filed against a Gwinnett County commissioner because of comments they have
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Mark Krikorian This is a smart way to fight back against the disgraced SPLC. It won't apply everywhere, but filing an ethics complaint against any public official who cites its smears is one of the ways to chip away the hate-mongering racket's legitimacy. 5d
Liberal Judges vs. Trump’s Immigrant-Welfare Rule
National Review 7d 5 tweets
Last week’s district-court decisions against the Trump administration are bad.
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Mark Krikorian Evergreen quote: "These rulings are bad. Higher courts should step in and quash them. And for God’s sake, Congress should write better laws." 7d
'Broken system' starves U.S. oil boom of immigrant workers
U.S. 8d 3 tweets
New Mexico oil man Johnny Vega laid out his predicament as his crew hoisted pipe...
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Mark Krikorian 'Broken system' starves U.S. oil boom of immigrant workers So pay more and recruit from out of state. 8d
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Mark Krikorian "ICE operations, and Trump’s threats of raids, have left many immigrants in Lea County fearful." Scofflaws are *supposed* to fear being caught. 8d
Did Trump Just Drastically Cut Legal Immigration?
National Review 10d 3 tweets
We really don’t know how much legal immigration will fall when the policy goes into effect next month, but it won’t be two-thirds.
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Mark Krikorian Did Trump Just Drastically Cut Legal Immigration? SPOILER: No. 10d
Blueberry grower challenges mandated 50% pay increase
Capital Press 10d 1 tweets
A major Washington fruit company is suing the U.S. Department of Labor over the department ordering a 50% increase in blueberry picker wages.
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Mark Krikorian The pay hike for blueberry pickers was suspended pending outcome of the trial, but the company's threat to switch to machine harvesting puts the lie to the idea that foreign workers are needed for the harvest. 10d
Sixers fan supporting Hong Kong ejected from preseason game amid NBA-China controversy
Action News on 6abc - 6abc Philadelphia 13d 7 tweets
Preseason basketball got underway at the Wells Fargo Center Tuesday night, but the game did not keep fans from some sideline commentary.
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Mark Krikorian Couple ejected from NBA game for holding up Free Hong Kong signs The same Chinese team that played the yesterday plays the in DC tonight. It'd be a shame if, after the national anthem, the fans as one started chanting "Free Hong Kong!" 12d
Steve Hayes and Jonah Goldberg will launch The Dispatch as a new voice in conservative news
Mike Allen - Axios 13d 13 tweets
"The conservative movement was not intended to be a handmaiden to a single political party."
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Mark Krikorian Scoop: Steve Hayes and Jonah Goldberg to launch The Dispatch Let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend. 13d
Poll: 68% of Mississippians want owners of ICE raided chicken plants prosecuted
The Clarion-Ledger - The Clarion Ledger 17d 1 tweets
A new poll shows wide support among Mississippians for prosecuting the owners of the chicken plants raided by immigration agents on Aug. 7.
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Mark Krikorian Poll: 68% of Mississippians want owners of chicken plants raided by ICE to be prosecuted No kidding. Here's the full results, including questions on other matters (why don't reporters link to pols/releases as a matter of course?): 17d
El Salvador, Battling Corruption, Sees Murder Rate Drop by Half
CIS.org 18d 1 tweets
If there is any positive side to the humanitarian and national-security disaster at the Southwest border, it is the fact that countries throughout the Northern Triangle have been forced (often by or at the urging of the Trump administration) to...
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Mark Krikorian El Salvador, Battling Corruption, Sees Murder Rate Drop by Half via 18d
In an Echo of the U.S. Debate, French President Macron Calls for Tougher Stand on Immigration
CIS.org 19d 1 tweets
At a time when a number of Democrats in the United States are asking for free healthcare for illegal aliens and de facto open borders, France is looking at ways to reduce access to health benefits for asylum seekers and illegal aliens while...
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Mark Krikorian In an Echo of the U.S. Debate, French President Macron Calls for Tougher Stand on Immigration via 19d
Mexican asylum seekers at multiple border crossings grow frustrated with waiting
Molly Hennessy-Fiske - Los Angeles Times 21d 1 tweets
Mexican migrants seeking asylum in the United States are finding they may have to wait from days to months for processing in about half a dozen border cities.
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Mark Krikorian Mexican asylum seekers at multiple border crossings grow frustrated with waiting So? 21d
What’s the Purpose of Refugee Resettlement?
National Review 24d 2 tweets
Yesterday’s resettlement announcements move us back toward our pre-1980 Refugee Act approach to the issue.
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Mark Krikorian "the bottom line must always be that refugee policy serve the foreign policy interests of the United States, rather than be driven by the preferences of transnational progressives, as has been the case in recent decades." 24d