Steven A. Camarota

Nov 27, 2024 | cis.org | Steven A. Camarota

This PowerPoint is from a recent educational presentation by Steven Camarota, the Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies. We offer it here as a useful overview of contemporary immigration to the United States, including the scale of recent immigration and some of the important ways immigration today differs from the last great wave more than a century ago.

Nov 4, 2024 | cis.org | Steven A. Camarota

The president’s power when it comes to immigration is extensive Although Congress sets immigration law, the administration and enforcement of those laws is the responsibility of the executive. The most recent data from the American Community Survey confirms that presidents do have a significant impact on the number of new immigrants who settle in the country.

Nov 1, 2024 | nypost.com | Steven A. Camarota

Immigrants don’t need to have the right to vote to affect elections in the United States — simply by being here, they can tip the scales. The apportionment of House seats and votes in the Electoral College among the states is based on total population — not citizenship or legal status. The Census Bureau is clear that naturalized citizens, as well as non-citizens such as green card holders, foreign students, guestworkers and illegal immigrants are captured in the census every 10 years.

Oct 31, 2024 | cis.org | Mark Krikorian |Steven A. Camarota

View Podcast ArchiveFollow Parsing Immigration Policy on Ricochet, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, or use the podcast's RSS Feed. Listen to "Immigration Shifts Political Power" on Spreaker. SummaryImmigration shifts political power in the United States – without a single immigrant having to vote.

Oct 18, 2024 | cis.org | Steven A. Camarota

Washington Examiner, September 17, 2024The idea that there is a “shortage” of science, technology, engineering, and math workers in the United States has become an article of faith among many journalists, industry advocates, academics, and politicians. Consequently, they believe we need to allow significantly more STEM workers from abroad to meet this unmet demand. A new report from the National Academies of Sciences again makes this argument.