Category:Center for Immigration Studies: Difference between revisions

The '''Center for Immigration Studies''' ('''CIS''') is a non-profit organization "that favors far lower immigration numbers and produces research to further those views."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/fact-checking-first-night-republican-national-convention-n612081|title=Fact-Checking the First Night of the Republican National Convention|work=NBC News|access-date=2017-03-07|language=en}}</ref>

Founded in 1985 as a spin-off from the [[:Category:Federation for American Immigration Reform|Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)]],<ref name=":15">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/us/17immig.html|title=The Anti-Immigration Crusader|last=DeParle|first=Jason|date=April 17, 2011|publisher=New York Times}}</ref> the center's self-described mission is to provide immigration policymakers, the academic community, news media, and concerned citizens with reliable information about the social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration into the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cis.org/aboutcis.html|title=About Us|website=Center for Immigration Studies}}</ref> The CIS is one of a number of anti-immigration organizations that [[John Tanton]] helped found.<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":13">{{Cite news|url=http://thehill.com/latino/328571-dhs-hires-incense-immigration-supporters|title=DHS hires incense immigration supporters|last=Master|first=Cyra|date=2017-04-12|work=TheHill|access-date=2017-04-12}}</ref><ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/2017/01/fake-think-tanks-fuel-fake-news-presidents-tweets/|title=Fake Think Takes Fuel Fake News|last=Ellis|first=Emma|date=January 14, 2017|website=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=March 13, 2018}}</ref> Tanton is a retired Michigan ophthalmologist who opposed immigration on racial grounds, desired a white ethnic majority in the United States and advocated for [[Wikipedia:eugenics|eugenics]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/11/politics/trump-administration-immigration-advisers/index.html|title=Hard-line anti-illegal immigration advocates hired at 2 federal agencies|last=CNN|first=Maria Santana|website=CNN|access-date=2017-04-12}}</ref><ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/us/17immig.html?pagewanted=all|title=The Anti-Immigration Crusader|last=DePARLE|first=JASON|date=2011-04-17|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-13|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>