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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.
Births to Legal and Illegal Immigrants in the U.S.
A look at health insurance coverage among new mothers by legal status at the state and local level
Almost Half Speak a Foreign Language in America's Largest Cities
Nationally, one in five spoke a language other than English in 2017
Record 44.5 Million Immigrants in 2017
Non-Mexico Latin American, Asian, and African populations grew most
Immigration Brief: There Are No Jobs American't Won't Do
A detailed look at immigrants (legal and illegal) and natives across occupations
There Are No Jobs Americans Won’t Do
A detailed look at immigrants (legal and illegal)
and natives across occupations
and natives across occupations