Political Externalities: The Effects of Immigration on U.S. Welfare Politics

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 1:00 PM EST
Johnson Center, Room "G" 337

The Institute for Immigration Research [IIR] will host Alex Nowrasteh, immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. Nowrasteh, along with Zachary Gochenour from GMU's Mercatus Center, will give a presentation titled "Political Externalities: The Effects of Immigration on U.S. Welfare Politics," discussing the American public opinion and how it turned against immigration historically, primarily after World War I when the first national origins quotas were created but also in the period from 1880-1924 when the U.S. went from open borders to almost no immigration.

Nowrasteh was previously the immigration policy analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle, Boston Globe, San Jose Mercury, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Huffington Post, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and elsewhere. He has appeared on Fox News and numerous television and radio stations across the United States. He received his B.A. in Economics from George Mason University and MSc in Economic History from the London School of Economics.

For more information visit http://www.cato.org/people/alex-nowrasteh