In this year-end episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, experts from the Center for Immigration Studies discuss some of the defining immigration issues of 2024. From record-breaking numbers at the border to the administration’s controversial policies and their impacts, Mark Krikorian, the Center’s executive director, and analysts Andrew Arthur and Jessica Vaughan examine the events that shaped immigration policy this past year.

Looking ahead, the panel explores what 2025 may hold:

• net-negative illegal immigration
• increased state legislation to restore integrity to the immigration system
• a push for amnesty for many here illegally
• potential national security impact of Biden policies
• increase in legal immigration which will cause fireworks amongst the Trump coalition

With immigration positioned to remain at the forefront of national discourse, this discussion offers valuable context for the road ahead.

Host

Mark Krikorian is the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies.

Guests

Jessica Vaughan is the Director of Policy Studies at the Center for Immigration Studies.

Andrew Arthur is the Resident Fellow in Law and Policy at the Center for Immigration Studies.

Intro Montage

Voices in the opening montage:

• Sen. Barack Obama at a 2005 press conference.
• Sen. John McCain in a 2010 election ad.
• President Lyndon Johnson, upon signing the 1965 Immigration Act.
• Booker T. Washington, reading in 1908 from his 1895 Atlanta Exposition speech.
• Laraine Newman as a "Conehead" on SNL in 1977.
• Hillary Clinton in a 2003 radio interview.
• Cesar Chavez in a 1974 interview.
• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking to reporters in 2019.
• Prof. George Borjas in a 2016 C-SPAN appearance.
• Sen. Jeff Sessions in 2008 comments on the Senate floor.
• Charlton Heston in "Planet of the Apes".