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Discussion of strategies, consequences, solutions
The Center for Immigration Studies will host a panel discussion examining how immigration is used as a political, economic, and strategic tool by governments, non-state, and sub-state actors worldwide. Whether through mass migration crises, policy-driven border surges, or the manipulation of refugee flows, immigration has become a powerful geopolitical weapon and a means of waging hybrid warfare. Examples have included Cuba’s use of the Mariel boatlift in 1980 or the more recent efforts by Belarus to coordinate illegal immigration to the EU.
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This panel will explore the concept of immigration warfare – how immigration is leveraged to gain political leverage; influence legislation, elections, and the economy; shape public opinion; and even destabilize a country. Discussion will also cover how nations can respond to this growing challenge.

The discussion is an activity of the International Network for Immigration Research ([link removed]) (INIR), a collaboration among independent policy organizations on three continents sharing the perspective that each sovereign nation has the right to pursue its chosen immigration policies.

Date: Friday, April 4, 2025, at 11:00 am EDT
Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2237, 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, D.C.
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Participants:

Viktor Marsai, Director, Migration Research Institute, Budapest
Phillip Linderman, Retired senior Foreign Service officer, State Department; Board Member, Center for Immigration Studies
Eric Ruark, Director of Research. Numbers USA, Washington, D.C.
Mark Krikorian, Moderator, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies
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