Mark Krikorian has been the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, an anti-immigration think-tank in Washington, D. C., since 1995. Krikorian is a regular contributor to the conservative publication National Review, and is a regular participant at National Review Online's "The Corner."[1]
Krikorian frequently testifies before the U.S. Congress, and has been quoted and writes articles in The Washington Post,[2] The New York Times,[3] Commentary,[4] National Review,[1] and elsewhere. He has appeared on 60 Minutes,[5] Nightline, the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,[6] CNN,[7] National Public Radio[8] and many other television and radio programs. In January 2013, ABC News listed Krikorian as one of the top 20 immigration experts to follow on Twitter in the United States.[9]
Krikorian is credited with popularizing the concept of illegal immigrant self-deportation with the term, "attrition through enforcement".[10]