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Panel: Immigration and the SPLC

After the collapse of the Senate amnesty bill in 2007, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) joined with the National Council of La Raza and others to launch a campaign to smear the three largest mainstream groups making a case for tighter enforcement and lower immigration.

Hidden Cameras on the Arizona Border Series

The Center for Immigration Studies video series on the Arizona border.

Panel: Can Conservatism Survive Mass Immigration?

Over the past five years, the immigration debate has become a top priority for many voters, pundits, and politicians. Among conservatives and members of the Republican Party there has been disagreement over the path forward. Some consider support for an expansive immigration policy -- including amnesty, loose enforcement, and increased legal immigration -- as essential in order to court immigrant voters. Others believe that continued mass immigration is incompatible with the goals of shrinking government and, in fact, strengthens the hand of those calling for expanded government and more liberal social policies.

The Center for Immigration Studies held a panel to consider these points of view

Panel: The Illusionary Allure of Immigration Grand Bargains

The paper is available at: http://cis.org/illusionary-allure

"The Illusionary Allure of Immigration 'Grand Bargains': An Analysis of Blue Ribbon Task Forces," authored by CIS Fellow Stanley A. Renshon, was presented on a panel on December 16, 2010. Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, also discussed the report on the panel.

Panel: 'Hidden Cameras 3' Release

On September 28, 2010, the Center for Immigration Studies released the third film in a series, "Hidden Cameras on the Arizona Border 3: A Day in the Life of a Drug Smuggler," at an event hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies and Women in Homeland Security. This is the Center's National Security Director Janice Kephart's third web-based border film, this time focusing on drug cartel travel methods through Arizona's federally owned land. Ms. Kephart obtained much of the footage for the film by traveling with her hidden camera guide into three drug running corridors in central Arizona. She was joined on the panel by Julie Myers Wood, former Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.