There's definitely a huge gap between the elite and public perceptions on immigration. — Mark Krikorian Elites Copy Share Image
The effects of illegal immigration aren't that different from those of legal immigration —an illiterate Central American farmer with a green card… — Mark Krikorian 21st century Copy Share Image
But it's more an up-versus-down issue because the research has shown that opinion leaders, whether they're elected officials, journalists, business leaders -… — Mark Krikorian Business leaders Copy Share Image
By holding down natural wage growth in labor-intensive industries, immigration serves as a subsidy for low-wage, low-productivity ways of doing business, retarding… — Mark Krikorian Growth Copy Share Image
In enforcement, you always have to have both a focus on the really worst actors - you know, gang bangers, in this… — Mark Krikorian Actors Copy Share Image
Of 472 civilian occupations defined by the Department of Commerce, only six are majority immigrant (legal and illegal). These six occupations account… — Mark Krikorian Accounts Copy Share Image
Well, because we're talking here about people who've been ordered deported and the administration has done nothing about actually making sure that… — Mark Krikorian Administration Copy Share Image
Assimilation is really a psychological process where you come to identify with a new country as yours. The ease of overseas travel… — Mark Krikorian Access Copy Share Image
Well, enforcement theater is OK if it's reality theater. In other words, obviously, you want to make it clear, you want to… — Mark Krikorian Clear Copy Share Image
But the other audience, I think, is people in Central America because since last summer, they've been running ads down there -… — Mark Krikorian Ads Copy Share Image
But the question is - are we deporting a couple hundred people for show or are we actually making a serious effort… — Mark Krikorian Couple Copy Share Image
Well, nobody's being deported - nobody - practically. And so what the people down there getting is the American government is telling… — Mark Krikorian Able Copy Share Image
The interesting point is that the polarization is not so much among the public, although there's some of that. The polarization on… — Mark Krikorian Elites Copy Share Image
And they are much more skeptical of the very idea of having immigration limits, whereas the public - again, independents and Democrats,… — Mark Krikorian American government Copy Share Image
