Parsing Immigration Policy

Mark Krikorian

Booking Overview

This is a weekly immigration-policy interview and panel show focused on U.S. immigration, border security, enforcement, and related national-security and economic issues, featuring Center for Immigration Studies researchers alongside occasional journalists, former government officials, and international security scholars. Credible pitches include immigration-policy researchers, border and national-security experts, economists studying immigration impacts, international migration specialists, and journalists with direct regional expertise; booking difficulty is medium because the show values substantive credentials but regularly features specialized professionals beyond high-profile political figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 277

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.3/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 30.5k subscribers

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Host

Mark Krikorian - Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a research organization focused on the social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Recognized immigration-policy researchers, national-security and border-security specialists, government officials or former senior policymakers, academics, and journalists with direct expertise in migration issues or specific regional developments.

Required Achievements:

Published policy research or peer-reviewed studies, Senior government, legislative, or law-enforcement experience, Academic expertise in immigration, migration, economics, or security studies, Professional reporting or documentary work on immigration and migration

Recent Guest Discussions

Viktor Marsai - The Effect Of 9/11 On European Immigration And Security Policy, Migration Screening, Border Security, And Continuing National-security Challenges.

Jeff Sessions - The Role Of Immigration And Border Security In The 9/11 Attacks, Post-9/11 Immigration And National-security Policy, Visa Screening, Information Sharing, And Unfinished Security Reforms.

Francesca Ronchin - Italy’s Dispute With Germany Over Mediterranean Migrant Rescues, Migration Routes From Africa To Europe, Asylum Responsibility, Demographic Pressures, Integration, And The Use Of Migration As Political Leverage.

Recent Topics

Politics, Immigration Policy, Border Security, National Security, Asylum

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Parsing Immigration Policy

40 Years After IRCA, What Did We Learn?

October 08, 2026

Forty years ago this month, Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), a law intended as a grand bargain: legalizing millions of illegal aliens while establishing workplace enforcement to end the economic magnet that encouraged illegal immigration. Spoiler alert: the amnesty happened, the enforcement did not.On this 40th anniversary, Parsing Immigration Policy features a discussion with two former INS officials who dealt firsthand with the law and its aftermath. CI...

‘Worst of the Worst’ or Mass Deportation?

October 01, 2026

“This is probably the most secure border we’ve had in the United States since the 19th century.” That’s the verdict of Andrew “Art” Arthur, a Center for Immigration Studies scholar and one of two guests on this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy.But with the border secure, what progress is the Trump DHS making in removing the illegal aliens already here, millions of them intentionally let in under the Biden administration? Is ICE engaging in the “mass deportation” that candidate Tru...

How Many Illegal Aliens Are There?

September 24, 2026

The number of illegal aliens in the United States dropped by about 15 percent, to 13.5 million, during the first year and half of the Trump administration, according to a study by the Center for Immigration Studies.But why do we trust that number? Could it be 30 million? Why not 100 million?In this episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, host Mark Krikorian interviews two Center experts, Research Director Steven Camarota and Resident Scholar Jason Richwine, who explain what the Center’s popula...

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