Mark Krikorian
American anti-immigration activist
About Mark Krikorian
Mark Krikorian (born ) is a right-wing American activist who has been the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, an American anti-immigration think tank. Since 1995. Krikorian has been a contributor to National Review, a conservative publication. Krikorian is credited with popularizing the concept of illegal immigrant self-deportation with the term "attrition through enforcement", and is an advisor to Project 2025, His parents spoke to their children in Armenian but to each other in English. Krikorian knew only Armenian when he entered kindergarten.
In January 2013, ABC News listed Krikorian as one of the top 20 immigration experts to follow on Twitter in the United States. In September 2024 Krikorian testified before Congress, being questioned about comments he made about Haiti, which he said was "so screwed up because it wasn't colonized long enough".
Books The New Case Against Immigration, Both Legal and Illegal, Sentinel HC, 2008. How Obama is Transforming America Through Immigration, Encounter Broadsides, 2010. Open Immigration: Yea and Nay, By Mark Krikorian and Alex Nowrasteh, Encounter Books, 2014.
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