Center for Immigration Studies

FormationJanuary 9, 1986 (1986-01-09)[1]
TypePublic policy think tank
52-1449368
Headquarters1629 K Street N.W., Suite 600, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Location
Executive Director
Mark Krikorian[2]
Websitewww.cis.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) is an American anti-immigration[3][4][5][6][7] think tank. It favors far lower immigration numbers and produces analyses to further those views. The CIS was founded by historian Otis L. Graham alongside eugenicist and white nationalist John Tanton in 1985 as a spin-off of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). It is one of a number of anti-immigration organizations founded by Tanton, along with FAIR and NumbersUSA. CIS has been involved in the creation of Project 2025.

Reports published by CIS have been disputed by scholars on immigration, fact-checkers and news outlets, and immigration-research organizations. The organization had significant influence within the Trump administration,[8] which cited the group's work to defend its immigration policies.[9] The Southern Poverty Law Center designated CIS as a hate group with ties to the American nativist movement.[10]

  1. ^ "Center for Immigration Studies". OpenCorporates. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "Center for Immigration Studies Staff List – Center for Immigration Studies". cis.org.
  3. ^ Lopez, Luciana. "Two hawkish anti-immigration groups say consulted by Trump". No. 7 October 2016. Reuters. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  4. ^ Blitzer, Jonathan (November 8, 2018). "Jeff Sessions Is Out, But His Dark Vision for Immigration Policy Lives On". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 13, 2025. Mark Krikorian, the head of the Center for Immigration Studies, an influential anti-immigration think tank, told me last year.
  5. ^ Saul, Josh. "How Local Law Enforcement Leaders and Anti-Immigration Groups Have Joined Forces to Deport More Undocumented Immigrants". Newsweek. Retrieved June 13, 2025. ... has been a goal of anti-immigration groups like the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) for more than a decade.
  6. ^ Joselow, Maxine (July 19, 2021). "Court boots anti-immigration NEPA suit". E&E News by POLITICO. Retrieved June 13, 2025. The anti-immigration hardliner group Center for Immigration Studies is downplaying efforts by Trump and states like Tennessee.
  7. ^ Peinado, Fernando. "The forgotten trailblazer of the anti-immigrant movement who paved the way for Donald Trump". Univision News (in Today, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), and the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and NumbersUSA remain the most prominent conservative anti-immigration organizations in Washington.). Retrieved June 13, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. ^ Alemany, Jacqueline (May 22, 2019). "Power Up: Trump's new immigration coordinator has a lot to coordinate". The Washington Post.
  9. ^ Lopez, Luciana. "Two hawkish anti-immigration groups say consulted by Trump". Reuters. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference SPLC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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