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Steven A. Camarota
Director of Research
Dr. Steven Camarota serves as the Director of Research for the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), a Washington, D.C.-based research institute that examines the consequences of legal and illegal immigration on the United States. The Center promotes an informed debate on comprehensive immigration reform by providing policymakers, academics, media, and citizens with fact-based information on immigration. Since 1999 Dr. Camarota has testified before Congress 30 times on the economic, fiscal, and demographic impact of immigration. In addition, for a number of years he was the lead researcher on a contract with the Census Bureau examining the quality of immigrant data in the American Community Survey.
Dr. Camarota’s research has been featured on the front pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today, as well as numerous other media outlets. He has written for a number of journals including the Public Interest, National Interest, Social Science Quarterly, Academic Questions, and Foreign Affairs. He has also published general interest pieces for such publications as the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, National Review, and the Dallas Morning News. He has appeared on radio and television news programs including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, National Public Radio, and NewsHour on PBS.
Dr. Camarota received a master’s degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania and later earned a doctorate degree from the University of Virginia in public policy analysis. Download his CV.
Can Immigration Solve the Problem of an Aging Society?
Estimating the impact of post-1990 immigration
Steven Camarota Discusses Immigration from El Salvador and AOC's Border Patrol Controversy
Originally Aired by FOX News on July 2, 2019
Steven Camarota, the Center's Director of Research, discusses the remarks of the President of El Salvador's remarks on immigration as well as the controversy surrounding Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's visit to a Border Patrol holding center.
Immigrants Are Coming to America at Older Ages
A look at age at arrival among new immigrants, 2000 to 2017
The Employment Situation of Immigrants and Natives in the Fourth Quarter of 2018
Labor force participation remains low for the less educated across the country
Jessica Vaughan and Steven Camarota Discuss Remittance Tax
Originally Aired by FOX News and FOX Business on March 20, 2019
Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies, and Steven Camarota, Director of Research, both discuss the taxation of remittances sent to immigrants' home countries.
Steven Camarota Discusses 2019 Illegal Immigration Projections
Originally Aired by FOX News on February 21, 2019
Steven A. Camarota, the Center's Director of Research, discusses numerical trends in illegal immigration at the southern border.