Mark Krikorian
Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies. — Author, "The New Case Against Immigration, Both Legal and Illegal" — Either hawk of hawks or dove of doves
Last synced from Twitter 795d ago
Economic Antidote for a Shrinking America: Immigrants
Patricia Cohen - Nytimes.com 3d 6 tweets
Restaurants, farms and other employers say they need more foreign workers. And economic growth may depend on it, given lower birthrates.
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Mark Krikorian "In every market that we're in, we're dealing with staffing shortages." Excellent! 3d
Trump’s Odds of Reelection Keep Getting Worse
Vanity Fair 3d 5 tweets
Could Trump win again? Of course. But let’s be honest: His first victory was a miracle. A second might take an act of God.
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Mark Krikorian "you have to wonder if even checked-out Americans are starting to tire of the nonsense." Before you dismiss him, the writer, while a liberal, is not a deranged hater like the NYT editorial board, et al. 3d
Why It’s Immigrants Who Pack Your Meat
The Atlantic 10d 10 tweets
What Trump has called an “invasion” was actually a corporate recruitment drive.
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Mark Krikorian "During the following decades, the lives of meatpacking workers greatly improved, thanks to the growing strength of labor unions." BECAUSE IMMIGRATION WAS CURBED 3d
Top aide to DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan resigns over tensions with White House
Jonathan Swan - Axios 3d 4 tweets
His exit comes amid frustration in the White House over DHS's handling of major policy rollouts.
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Mark Krikorian Scoop: Top Homeland Security aide resigns amid tensions with White House This isn't McAleenan himself, but one of his aides -- was he thrown under the bus? 3d
Federal judge rules that immigration law is unconstitutional
News.yahoo.com 3d 3 tweets
A federal judge in Kansas has ruled that a law making it a crime to "encourage" or "induce" immigrants to enter or live in the country illegally is unconstitutional. KCUR-FM reports that U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia issued his ruling from the...
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Mark Krikorian Judge finds that "encouraging immigrants to be in the country illegally is protected speech under the First Amendment." Unbelievable. (Fun fact: The judge is a brother of La Raza president Janet Murguia.) 3d
Trump admin weighs letting states, cities deny entry to refugees
NBC News 4d 3 tweets
A draft order obtained by NBC News says the government "will resettle refugees only where both the relevant state and local governments have consented."
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Mark Krikorian "According to the draft, 'the federal government will resettle refugees only where both the relevant state and local governments have consented to participate' in the program" That's what Congress thought it was voting for in the 1980 Refugee Act. 4d
On the border, officials see dividends from Trump’s deal with Mexico
Fox News 4d 1 tweets
Illegal immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border has slowed in recent months, and officials on the frontlines credit in part President Trump's dealings with Mexico. Fox News accompanied agents to see the impact first-hand.
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Mark Krikorian "And while the furious heat of the summer months is a factor in discouraging migrants, Sector Chief Patrol Agent Felix Chavez says that the Trump administration’s push to get Mexico to cooperate with immigration efforts has paid dividends." 4d
Immigrant Detainees Sue Over 'Deplorable' Medical Care - Law360
Law360 - Law360.com 4d 1 tweets
Immigrant detainees filed a proposed class action Monday accusing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of shirking its legal obligation to provide adequate medical, mental health and disability accommodations at 158 detention facilities...
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Mark Krikorian Bizarro world: "Immigrant detainees filed a proposed class action Monday accusing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of shirking its legal obligation to provide adequate medical, mental health and disability accommodations" 4d
CBO: Trade War Will Reduce Household Income by 0.4 percent
National Review 4d 2 tweets
The trade war isn’t exactly devastating to the average American’s budget, but the costs add up over time.
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Mark Krikorian CBO: Trade War Will Reduce Household Income by 0.4 percent That's all? 4d
Trump Claims He Is ‘Seriously’ Considering Ending Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Immigrants
National Review 4d 1 tweets
President Trump said that he is “seriously” considering issuing an executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.
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Mark Krikorian Trump Claims He Is ‘Seriously’ Considering Ending Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Immigrants [& tourists] Just do it already, & get the lawsuit going, so SCOTUS will be forced to rule on it. He'll likely lose, but at least it'll be settled. 4d
New Flores Regulations Brazenly Attack Children’s Rights
Amnesty International USA 5d 2 tweets
According to reports, the Trump administration is issuing a final rule that will effectively terminate the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, which mandates that children cannot be held in immigration detention for more than 20 days. Denise Bell,...
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Mark Krikorian So these guys don't want kids separated from their parents who snuck them across the border, but also don't want them kept *together* with their parents, unless they're all released into the U.S. together. The only term for this is "open borders". 5d
USCIS Issues Guidance on Discretionary Employment Authorization for Parolees
USCIS 5d 1 tweets
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today issued policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address its discretion to grant employment authorization to foreign nationals who are parol
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Mark Krikorian USCIS will no longer automatically give work permits to people "paroled" into the U.S. This is an important move to rein in this abused authority, but unfortunately can just be undone when President Harris takes over. 5d
Update on President Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' Policy
CIS.org 9d 1 tweets
When Central Americans trying to use asylum as a means of illegal immigration are made instead to wait in Mexico for their hearings, some give up and go home, while others abandon the asylum gambit and just try to sneak across and elude the Border...
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Mark Krikorian When Central Americans trying to use asylum as a means of illegal immigration are made instead to wait in Mexico for their hearings, some give up and go home, while others abandon the asylum gambit and just try to sneak across and elude the Border Patrol. 9d
Epstein had bizarre painting of Bill Clinton in dress, heels in townhouse
New York Post 11d 7 tweets
“It was hanging up there prominently — as soon as you walked in — in a room to the right,” a source told The Post. “Everybody who saw it laughed and smirked.”
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Mark Krikorian Epstein had bizarre painting of Bill Clinton in dress, heels in townhouse Clinton could've had him rubbed out just for this. 11d
The Statue of Liberty poem means the exact opposite of what immigrant welfare advocates think
Daniel Horowitz - Conservative Review 11d 4 tweets
It means freedom to prosper, not perpetual support.
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Mark Krikorian The Statue of Liberty poem means the exact opposite of what immigrant welfare advocates think via 11d
More than 200 applied for chicken plant jobs at job fair after MS ICE raids
The Clarion-Ledger - The Clarion Ledger 11d 2 tweets
More than 200 people put in applications for jobs at one of the chicken plants raided in Mississippi by immigration officials.
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Mark Krikorian Job fair after MS ICE raid: Hours extended, more than 200 applied for chicken plant jobs 11d
The Coming Migration out of Sub-Saharan Africa
National Review 11d 7 tweets
It could send millions to Europe.
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Mark Krikorian "For, once migration is considered a nonnegotiable right, what end can it serve to start talking about costs and benefits, or simple facts? What innocent explanation can there be for desiring an open debate in the first place?" 11d
Average salary in construction soars to £46,000 as UK loses EU workers
Finance.yahoo.com 58d 5 tweets
'The shrinking pool of EU talent is already driving up wages,' according to a survey.
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Mark Krikorian "Construction firms could be paying more because of a shortfall of workers caused by lower levels of EU migration to the UK." i.e. construction WORKERS could be earning more because of a shortfall of workers caused by lower levels of EU migration to the UK 12d
Suspect arrested after allegedly firing shots at ICE office
WOAI 13d 9 tweets
SAN ANTONIO - A man is in custody accused of shooting at an ICE Office. The shooting took place around 3 a. m. Tuesday on the 1700 block of NE Loop 410 near Brookhaven Drive. Police said the suspect fired shots from across the highway, damaging some...
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Mark Krikorian Suspect arrested after allegedly firing shots at ICE office 12d
Trump’s Commonsense Rule on Immigrant Welfare Use
National Review 13d 2 tweets
The welfare state is much bigger than just cash benefits.
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Mark Krikorian Trump’s Commonsense Rule on Immigrant Welfare Use The 1999 Clinton rule this replaces said only cash benefits counted was welfare, so an immigrant on food stamps, Medicaid & public housing would be considered "self-sufficient". 13d