Tamar Jacoby
President & CEO
| Tamar Jacoby is president and CEO of ImmigrationWorks USA, a national federation of employers working to advance better immigration law. A nationally known journalist and author, she is a leading center-right advocate for immigration reform. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Weekly Standard and Foreign Affairs, among other publications. She is a regular guest on national television and radio. She is author of Someone Else’s House: America’s Unfinished Struggle for Integration, and editor of Reinventing the Melting Pot: The New Immigrants and What It Means To Be American, a collection of essays about immigrant integration. From 1989 to 2007, she was a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Before that, she was a senior writer and justice editor for Newsweek. From 1981 to 1987, she was the deputy editor of The New York Times op-ed page. |
Select Media
- The Small Business Advocate, Connecting health care reform with the immigration question, 11-12-09
- Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 7-25-09
- The Small Business Advocate, Is immigration taking a back seat in the national debate, 7-17-09
- Tamar Jacoby on The Takeaway, 6-3-09
- The Small Business Advocate, Small business and immigration reform, 12-29-08
- The Small Business Advocate, Interview with Tamar Jacoby, 6-3-08
- Marketplace, NPR, 10-23-07
- Lars Larson Show, Westwood One, 10-09-07
- Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg, PBS, 07-28-07
- Dateline: Washington with Greg Corombos, Radio America, 06-29-07
- The Big Story with John Gibson, Fox News Channel, 06-26-07
- The Manhattan Institute co-hosted an immigration panel with the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Tamar Jacoby moderated a Q and A session with Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano. Please click here for clips of this event, which aired on C-Span.
- Talk of the Nation, NPR, 6-10-07
- Studio Tulsa, Public Radio Tulsa, 1-16-07 [MP3]
- KAHL's "The Eliza Sonneland Show", 9-25-06
- Storm the Hill: ImmigrationWorks USA's Tamar Jacoby leads business in the immigration reform effort Meatingplace, February 2009
- A conservative argues for immigration reform New America Media, 8-6-08
- Jacoby sets up ImmigrationWorks USA to educate public on benefits of immigration Rio Grande Guardian, 5-11-08
- The Post-Mortem New York Times, 6-30-07
- An Advocate Rallies to Unify GOP Washington Post, 5-21-07
- Why 'Legalization Only' Won't Fly The Washington Post, 7-21-09
- The Organic Market Forbes, 7-13-09
- The Immigration Debate, Again Los Angeles Times, 5-07-09
- Siblings Divided By Immigration Laws New York Times, 4-27-09
- Immigrant Children In Legal Limbo New York Times, 4-22-09
- Good First Move, Obama Forbes Magazine, 4-16-09
- Legal Immigrants Forbes Magazine, 4-13-09
- Not Another Generation Americas Quarterly, Summer 2008
- A Bitter Tide Begins to Ebb Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies, Spring 2008
- Restaurateurs Can't Afford to Sit Out the Battle As State Legislators Crack Down On Immigration National Restaurant Journal, 3-24-08
- Immigration Bomb is Dud Arizona Republic, 2-3-08
- Immigration Is Not Black and White Dallas Morning News, 1-7-08
- Is Anyone Listening? Los Angeles Times, 1-2-08
- Moving Forward The Reform Institute, December 2007
- California Without a Mexican Los Angeles Times, 8-25-07
- Assimilation Keys New York Post, 7-08-07
- The Fearmongers Win Again New York Daily News, 7-01-07
- Immigration: Status Quo = Hell New York Post, 6-18-07
- Like It Or Not, It's Time to Act Arizona Republic, 6-6-07
- A Good Compromise For Democracy Los Angeles Times, 5-29-07
- Immigration's Future Washington Post, 5-23-07 (This piece also appears on RealClearPolitics.com, 05-23-07, and was reprinted in the Dallas Morning News, 05-28-07 and in The Miami Herald, 05-30-07)
- A Long-awaited and Welcome Moment The Orange County Register, 5-20-07 (This article was reprinted in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 05-23-07)
- Meeting Our Immigration Needs Real Clear Politics, 5-14-07 (This article originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times, 05-10-07)
- The American Way on Immigration -- Or Germany's? Washington Post, 5-11-07
- 'Temporary Is Temporary' Won't Work For All Immigrants Los Angeles Times, 5-10-07
- Immigration Countdown Wall Street Journal, 4-20-07
- Hold the Emotions: A Rational Approach to Immigration Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together, March 2007
- Immigration Debate, A week-long debate featuring Tamar Jacoby, Los Angeles Times, February 19-23, 2007
- Immigration Reform: What to Expect in 2007 , Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees Policy Update, January 2007
- The System Is the Problem Washington Post, 12-15-06 (This article also appeared on RealClearPolitics.com, 12-15-06)
- Betting On a Bad Horse Fort Worth Star Telegram, 12-04-06
- A Wedge Too Far The Weekly Standard, 11-20-06
- GOP Can't Lose Latinos Los Angeles Times, 11-17-06 (Also appeared at the Hispanic American Center for Economic Research)
- Immigration Nation Foreign Affairs, November/December 2006
- Let's Restart the Political Discussion Los Angeles Times, 10-11-06
- Inmigración: Entre El Pragmatismo y El Control Foreign Affairs en Español, October 2006
- Real Immigration Reform Will Vault Over Border Fence New York Daily News, 10-1-06
- Immigration Realism By Tamar Jacoby and Cesar V. Conda, National Review Online, 8-2-06
- Amnesty Is Not a Four-Letter Word Los Angeles Times, 7-30-06
- On Immigration, Liberalize to Crack Down Washington Post, 7-16-06
- Let's Get A Border Deal Done Washington Post, 7-1-06
- What to Do on Immigration Council on Foreign Relations, 6-20-06
- House Hard-Liners Have No Plan for Illegal Immigrants Already Here Orange County Register, 6-18-06
- Immigration Reform: The Challenges Ahead Ripon Forum, June/July 2006
- Coming to America Washington Post, 5-28-06
- Immigration-reform Essentials Still Intact Orange County Register, 5-23-06
- GOP Border Two-Step New York Post, 4-28-06
- Illegal Immigration: A Border is Crossed Orange County Register, 4-16-06
- A Tough Border Bill, With a Heart Los Angeles Times, 4-8-06
- We Should Provide Workers a Lawful Option San Diego Union-Tribune, 4-2-06
- Commentary Marketplace, 3-28-06
- 'Guest Workers' Won't Work The Washington Post, 3-26-06
- Bitter Sweet Spot The Wall Street Journal, 3-15-06
- The Immigration Temptation Weekly Standard, 1-23-06
- Hard-liners Don't Speak For GOP By Tamar Jacoby and Grover Norquist, (originally appeared in The Miami Herald), 12-19-05
- Trying Again to Fix Immigration The San Diego Union-Tribune, 12-4-05
- Borderline Public Policy The Washington Post, 12-1-05
- Bush Proposals Could Result in Sensible Immigration Policy NPR Morning Edition, 11-30-05
- Kiss the Melting Pot Goodbye Wall Street Journal, 11-19-05
- Border Battles New York Post, 10-24-05
- The GOP's Border War Los Angeles Times, 10-16-05
- Debating Immigration National Review, 10-10-05
- Immigration Fix Is Going to Take All of Us Arizona Republic, 8-28-05
- Bordering on a Policy The Weekly Standard, 8-15-05 to 8-22-05
- A Law That Means Business Los Angeles Times, 7-12-05
- Getting Beyond the 'A-Word' Wall Street Journal, 6-20-05
- They Should All Be Legal Daily News, 5-1-05
- Even Mollycoddlers Now Are Ready to Slap On the Cuffs Los Angeles Times, 5-1-05
- Let's Put This ID Plan to Work Washington Post, 4-3-05
- Law and Borders: The Conservative Case for Bush's Immigration Plan Weekly Standard, 2-28-05
- Winning the Border Battle New York Post, 12-9-04
- Bush's Immigration Gamble Los Angeles Times, 11-24-04
(reprinted in the Boston Globe 11/28/04) - The Message of Proposition 200 RealClear Politics, 11-16-04
(This article is a reprint from the Washington Post 11/14/04) - A Line Has Been Drawn in the Arizona Sand Washington Post, 11-14-04
- A Barrier To True Reforms Arizona Republic, 10-28-04
- Flawed Proposition Wall Street Journal, 9-14-04
- Border Battles New York Post, 8-29-04
- Anti-Immigrant Fever in Arizona Los Angeles Times, 7-12-04
- About Those Huddled Masses Wall Street Journal, 6-24-04
- What Once Was a Road New York Sun, 6-9-04
- On the Border, A Saner Plan Washington Post, 6-6-04
- Review of Samuel Huntington's "Who Are We?"
Rainbow's End: A Renowned Student of America's Maladies Detects a New Threat to Our Identity.Washington Post, 5-16-04 - Getting Immigration Right New York Post, 3-26-04 previously printed in the Los Angeles Times
- An Unlikely Immigration Champion Los Angeles Times, 3-23-04
- The Myth of the Falling Sky Los Angeles Times, 3-14-04
- Why We Can't Stop Illegal Immigration The New Republic, 1-26-04
- Bowing To Reality On Migrant Labor New York Post, 1-13-04
- America as a Beacon: The Bush Immigration Plan is Reaganesque in its Optimism Wall Street Journal, 1-12-04
- For the GOP, Immigration Carries a Lot of Baggage The Washington Post, 12-21-03
- Lift Shadow From Illegal Immigrants Observers on the right and left agree the migration status quo isn't working. Los Angeles Times, 10-15-03
- Make Citizenship Oath Relevant, User-friendly Miami Herald, 9-26-03
- The Mexican Connection: How New York Stands to Gain New York Sun, 9-11-03
- The Mexican Connection: Bilateral Bounty for U.S., Mexico New York Sun, 9-10-03
- Tale of Two Places: Web of Ties Binds N.Y.C., Mexico Town Waiting by The Phones New York Sun, 9-9-03
- Coming to America: Rural Mexicans Flock to New York New York Sun, 9-8-03
- Glad You Could Join Us New York Post, 7-4-03
- Dealing with illegal immigrants should be a top priority of the war on terror.
Round I 2-12-03 | Round II 2-13-03 | Round III 2-14-03
Tamar Jacoby and Mark Krikorian, NRO Debates - A Flame of Hope for Mexican New York New York Sun, 12-13-02
- Republicans and Their Amigos The Weekly Standard, 11-25-02
- 'Hola' - Latinos Join With Labor Unions To Win It for Pataki New York Sun, 11-6-02
- A Voting Bloc Without a Party New York Times, 10-28-02
- The Rainbow Myth New York Sun, 10-9-02
- Immigration Reform and National Security New York Times, 9-16-02
- Hispanic Leadership Out of Touch New York Sun, 8-6-02
- How To Turn More Immigrants Into Americans New York Sun, 7-3-02
- Moving Beyond Borders Financial Times, 6-21-02
- New York City’s Immigrants Speak English New York Sun, 6-4-02
- NYPD in Serious Quandary As War Is Brought Home New York Sun, 4-30-02
- A Nation of Immigrants Wall Street Journal, 4-29-02
- A Surprise, but not a Success The Atlantic Monthly, May 2002
- Too Many Immigrants? Commentary, April 2002
- Don’t Slam the Door How immigrants keep this country rolling Reader’s Digest, 3-02
- Distinguishing Terrorists from Busboys | How to think about immigration Weekly Standard, 1-28-02
- The Immigrant Second Generation New Democrats Online, 1-22-02
- Taste—Houses of Worship: The Other Islam Wall Street Journal, 11-9-01
- For Safer Borders: We Don’t Need To Close ‘Em New York Post, 10-25-01
- Mixology Review by Tamar Jacoby of The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can Work Again, by Michael Barone, National Review, 6-11-01
- An End to Counting by Race? Commentary, 6-01
- What's Right, What's Wrong, What's Missing Los Angeles Times, 4-29-01
- Bush's Race Opportunity The Weekly Standard, 2-5-01
- Lindsay's Compassion Did Not Help Newsday, 1-17-01
- Second-Generation Question MarkThe American Enterpise, December 2000
- Voters and Victims: How blacks lost—no matter what National Review, 12-4-00
- In Asian America Commentary, 7/8-00
- The Logic of Differences The Wall Street Journal, 5-4-00
- Census? Ethnic Emphasis Outrageous Newsday, 3-30-00
- The African American absence in high tech. The New Republic, 3-29-99
- Restoring Trust is a Two-Way Street New York Post, 2-28-00
- Meet the Power behind Segregated Television. You. Adjust Your Sets The New Republic, 1-19-00
- Why the 'R-Word' Still Stings The Wall Street Journal, 11-1-99
- Growing the Inner City? (by Tamar Jacoby and Fred Siegel) The New Republic, 8-23-99
- Beyond Busing The Wall Street Journal, 7-21-99
- Diallo's Death and The Costs of Protest The Washington Post, 4-18-99
- Whatever Became of Integration The Washington Post, 6-28-98
- Mandate For Anarchy The New Democrat, 5-1-98
- Divided We Stand: The Million Man March and the Culture That Made it Possible The New Democrat, 7/8-96
Co-authored
- Conservatives: We Must Band Together on Immigration Bill Co-authored by 25 scholars including Tamar Jacoby , The Dallas Morning News, 6-5-07
- Pass Immigration Reform, Texas CEO op-ed and Texas Business is Right: Reform is the Answer, editorial, The Dallas Morning News, 8-28-06
- Enforcement Isn't Enough, Wall Street Journal, 7-10-06
- Roll Call Immigration Reform Ad, July 2005
- A Conservative Manifesto for Solving Border Woes, The Arizona Republic, 8-15-04
- Politics and Policy: What to Expect from the Immigration Debate New Democrat Network, 8-4-09
- Intelligent Immigration Reform: A Real-World Legislative Approach (pt 1) The New School, New York, NY, 4-23-09
- Intelligent Immigration Reform: A Real-World Legislative Approach (pt 2) The New School, New York, NY, 4-23-09
- Immigration Reform: Politics and Prospects AEI Bradley Lecture, Washington, DC, 1-10-05
- A Roadmap and Tools: Helping Immigrants Become Americans Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 4-15-04
- Immigrant Integration: the American Experience Stockholm Network Conference, a consortium of European think tanks, Madrid, Spain, June 2002
- Comprehensive Immigration Reform (Youtube) Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, 06-27-07
Political Reaction
- Reinventing the Melting Pot: The New Immigrants and What It Means to Be American (Basic Books, 2004)
- Someone Else's House: America's Unfinished Struggle for Integration (The Free Press, June 1998)



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