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American immigration critic
the immigration activist

Mark Krikorian has been the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, an anti immigration think tank in Washington, D. C., since 1995. Krikorian is a regular contributor to the conservative publication National Review, and is a regular participant at National Review Online's "The Corner." Krikorian frequently testifies before the U. S. Congress, and has been quoted and writes articles in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Commentary, National Review, Nightline, the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, CNN, National Public Radio and many other television and radio programs. In January 2013, ABC News listed Krikorian as one of the top 20 immigration experts to follow on Twitter in the United States. Krikorian is credited with popularizing the concept of illegal immigrant self deportation with the term, "attrition through enforcement".

Krikorian was born in the United States to American born parents of Armenian descent from the (former) Soviet Republic. His father worked as a chef and restaurant manager, moving his family from New Haven, to Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, and then Boston again, always living in densely Armenian neighborhoods. His parents spoke to their children in Armenian but to each other in English. Krikorian knew only Armenian when he entered kindergarten. Before joining CIS in February 1995, Krikorian was an editor at the Winchester Star, and worked as editor of an electronic media publication on marketing. He wrote for the monthly newsletter of the Federation for American Immigration Reform.