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{{short description|American activist}}
[[File:Mark Krikorian.jpg|thumb|Krikorian in March 2019]]               
'''Mark Krikorian''' has been the executive director of the [[Center for Immigration Studies]], a racist, 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."<ref name="nationalreview.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/author/mark-krikorian|title=Mark Krikorian|website=Nationalreview.com|accessdate=5 August 2017}}</ref>

Krikorian frequently testifies before the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]], and has been quoted and writes articles in ''[[The Washington Post]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sitesearch-header/|title=Search - The Washington Post|website=Washington Post|accessdate=5 August 2017}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/05/14/can-dual-citizens-be-good-americans/citizenship-should-be-an-exclusive-relationship|title=Can Dual Citizens Be Good Americans?|accessdate=5 August 2017|website=NYTimes.com}}</ref> ''[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.commentarymagazine.com/pods-author/mark-krikorian/|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150311172859/https://www.commentarymagazine.com/pods-author/mark-krikorian/|url-status=dead|title=Pods Author « Mark Krikorian « Commentary Magazine|date=11 March 2015|archivedate=11 March 2015|accessdate=25 February 2018}}</ref> ''[[National Review]]'',<ref name="nationalreview.com"/> and elsewhere. He has appeared on ''[[60 Minutes]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-lost-in-america/|title=60 Minutes: Lost In America|website=Cbsnews.com|accessdate=5 August 2017}}</ref> ''[[Nightline (US news program)|Nightline]]'', the ''[[NewsHour with Jim Lehrer]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/tag/mark-krikorian/|title=Mark Krikorian - Tag|website=PBS NewsHour|accessdate=5 August 2017}}</ref> ''[[CNN]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/08/us/immigration-visa-long-waits/index.html|title=Waits for legal immigration long|author=Moni Basu|website=CNN|accessdate=5 August 2017}}</ref> ''[[National Public Radio]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/07/07/137653256/why-jose-antonio-vargas-should-leave-the-u-s|title=Why Jose Antonio Vargas Should Leave The U.S.|website=NPR.org|accessdate=5 August 2017}}</ref> and many other television and radio programs. In January 2013, [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] listed Krikorian as one of the top 20 immigration experts to follow on [[Twitter]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/News/20-immigration-experts-follow-twitter/story?id=18131881|title=Top 20 Immigration Experts on Twitter|date=7 January 2013|work=ABC News|accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref>

Krikorian is credited with popularizing the concept of illegal immigrant [[self-deportation]] with the term, "attrition through enforcement".<ref name=Strauss>{{cite news|last1=Strauss|first1=Daniel|title=Chris Christie signals support for Ted Cruz's immigration strategy|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/chris-christie-ted-cruz-immigration-217996#ixzz3xk0zxumS|accessdate=20 January 2016|publisher=Politico|date=19 January 2016}}</ref>

==Childhood, education, and early career==
Krikorian was born in the United States to American-born parents of Armenian descent from [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|the (former) Soviet Republic]]. His father worked as a chef and restaurant manager, moving his family from New Haven, to Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, and then Boston again, always living in densely Armenian neighborhoods.<ref name=Provocateur>{{cite news|last1=Roig-Franzia|first1=Manuel|title=Mark Krikorian: The provocateur standing in the way of immigration reform|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/mark-krikorian-the-provocateur-standing-in-the-way-of-immigration-reform/2013/06/17/dff0bd52-d75e-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html|accessdate=20 January 2016|work=[[Washington Post]]|date=17 June 2013}}</ref> His parents spoke to their children in [[Armenian language|Armenian]] but to each other in [[English language|English]]. Krikorian knew only Armenian when he entered kindergarten.<ref name=Provocateur/>

He lost his right eye to a [[retinoblastoma|retinal blastoma]] while still a baby.<ref name=Provocateur/>

He earned his B.A. at [[Georgetown University]] and a master's at the [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] at [[Tufts University]], further spending two years studying at the [[Yerevan State University]] in then-[[Soviet Armenia]].<ref name="cis.org">{{cite web|url=http://cis.org/Krikorian|title=Mark Krikorian - Center for Immigration Studies|website=CIS.org|accessdate=5 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=Provocateur/>

Before joining CIS in February 1995, Krikorian was an [[editor]] at the ''[[Winchester Star]]'', and worked as [[editor in chief|editor]] of an [[electronic media]] publication on [[marketing]]. He wrote for the monthly newsletter of the [[Federation for American Immigration Reform]].<ref name=Provocateur/>

==Books==
*''The New Case Against Immigration, Both Legal and Illegal'', [[Sentinel HC]], 2008. {{ISBN|1-59523-035-1}}
*''How Obama is Transforming America Through Immigration'', [[Encounter Books#Encounter Broadsides|Encounter Broadsides]], 2010. {{ISBN|1-59403-488-5}}
*''Open Immigration: Yea and Nay'', By Mark Krikorian and [[Alex Nowrasteh]], [[Encounter Books]], 2014. {{ISBN|1-59403-821-X}}

==References==

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==External links==
*[http://cis.org/taxonomy/term/79 The Center for Immigration Studies]
*[http://cis.org/Krikorian Mark Krikorian's Biography]
*{{C-SPAN|40715}}
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/mark-krikorian-the-provocateur-standing-in-the-way-of-immigration-reform/2013/06/17/dff0bd52-d75e-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html Washington Post Biography]
*[http://www.wkconline.org/index.php/seminars/speakerpage/?sid=352 Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism]
* Krikorian debates on illegal immigration at Boston University College of Communication's 24th annual Great Debate on [https://web.archive.org/web/20100223030959/http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/buniverse/videos/view/?id=147 BUniverse].
* [http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/13359 Video discussion with Krikorian] about immigration on [[Bloggingheads.tv]]

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