Mark Krikorian (activist)
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Mark Krikorian is the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a think-tank that promotes stricter immigration standards and enforcement. Also, Krikorian is a regular contributor to the conservative publication National Review as well as a regular participant of National Review's "The Corner".
Before joining CIS in February 1995, Krikorian was an editor at The Winchester (Va.) Star, as well as editor of a publication on marketing via electronic media and of the monthly newsletter of the Federation for American Immigration Reform. Krikorian received his B.A. from Georgetown University and his M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
On August 19, 2007, Mark Krikorian had an article published in National Review that praised Israel for not taking refugees from Darfur. [1]
Another article by Krikorian in the National Review was about how Islam is "invading" America. [2]
According to the Social Contract Press, a Southern Poverty Law Center designated hate group, Mark Krikorian moderated a debate in which he asked in the beginning of it, "[S]ince Jews can engage in ‘identity politics’ to advance Jewish interests can’t white, Christian Americans also engage in ‘identity politics’ to advance their group interests?" [3]
References
- The Center for Immigration Studies
- Watch Mark Krikorian debate on immigration on BUniverse, Boston University's video archive.