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Stuart Anderson

Adjunct Scholar

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Stuart Anderson is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute and executive director of the National Foundation for American Policy. From August 2001 to January 2003, he served as executive associate commissioner for Policy and Planning and Counselor to the Commissioner at the Immigration and Naturalization Service. He spent four and a half years on Capitol Hill on the Senate Immigration Subcommittee, first for Senator Spencer Abraham and then as Staff Director of the subcommittee for Senator Sam Brownback. Prior to that, Stuart was Director of Trade and Immigration Studies at the Cato Institute, where he produced reports on the military contributions of immigrants and the role of immigrants in high technology. Stuart has published articles in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and other publications. He has an M.A. from Georgetown University and a B.A. in Political Science from Drew University.


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Books and Book Chapters

Immigration, (2010).

"Unclean Hands: America's Protectionist Policies," in Freedom to Trade: Refuting the New Protectionism, edited by Edward L. Hudgins (1997).

Cato Studies

"Answering the Critics of Comprehensive Immigration Reform," Trade Briefing Paper no. 32, May 9, 2011.

Articles and Newsletters

"America's Incoherent Immigration System," Cato Journal, vol. 32 no. 1, Winter 2012.

"U.S. Immigration Reform Should Focus on Improving the Employment-Based Visa System," Immigration Reform Bulletin, January 2011.

"Becoming a Citizen: It's Not as Easy as You Think," Immigration Reform Bulletin, December 2010.

"Immigration in the New Congress," Immigration Reform Bulletin, November 2010.

"Immigrants and English," Immigration Reform Bulletin, October 2010.

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Opinion and Commentary

"Cutting Immigration Myths Down to Size," by Stephen Moore and Stuart Anderson, Cato.org, April 22, 1997

"Commerce Department's Power Invites Corruption," Investor's Business Daily, February 20, 1997

"Time to Stop Sanctioning the World," Cato.org, February 5, 1997

"More Immigration Myths," Investor's Business Daily, January 30, 1997

"Too Many Sanctions," Washington Times, December 11, 1996

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Events

"Answering the Critics of Comprehensive Immigration Reform," May 20, 2011 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Birthright Citizenship and the Battle over Illegal Immigration," October 25, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Using Work Visas to Control the Border," July 1, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them," September 12, 2007 [Book Forum]




Multimedia

Events Is Immigration Good for America - Panel 2: Assessments of the Current U.S. Immigration System with Ilya Shapiro, Jim Harper and Madeline Zavodny (April 26, 2012) [Events, 48:52]

Events Answering the Critics of Comprehensive Immigration Reform with Frank Sharry (May 20, 2011) [Events, 01:04:27]

Events Birthright Citizenship and the Battle over Illegal Immigration with Daniel Griswold (October 25, 2010) [Events, 38:57]

Daily Podcast Guest Workers Aid Border Security (July 7, 2010) [Daily Podcast, 08:58]