No. 86 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Executive director, Center for Immigration Studies
Mark Krikorian leads the Center for Immigration Studies, which argues for lower immigration.
Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Mark Krikorian's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Debates immigration in Oxford-style forums, against economists from Ben Powell to Bryan Caplan.
Krikorian is the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington.
He is a frequent debater on immigration in Oxford-style forums.
On the record
2020
May 6, 2020
Formal debateLost the audience vote
Against Bryan Caplan · The Soho Forum, online
Krikorian argued that the pandemic made tighter limits necessary. Caplan won by moving more of the audience.
2017
December 2017
Formal debateWon the audience vote
Against Benjamin Powell · The Soho Forum, New York
Krikorian argued against open borders and won by a narrow margin.
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