User:Vipul/Alex Nowrasteh

Alexander Nowrasteh (goes by Alex Nowrasteh) is an analyst of immigration policy currently working at the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity of the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank located in Washington D.C. Nowrasteh is an advocate of freer migration to the United States. He previously worked as the immigration policy analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, another libertarian think tank.

In January 2013, ABC News listed Nowrasteh as #15 on a list of top 20 immigration experts to follow on Twitter in the United States.

Early life
Alex Nowrasteh was born and brought up in California to Cyrus Nowrasteh (a documentary filmmaker, famous for the Path to 9/11 documentary) and his wife Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh (who has collaborated with Cyrus on some of his documentary projects). He did a B.A. in economics from George Mason University and a M.Sc. in economic history from the London School of Economics.

Publications related to immigration
Nowrasteh has argued in favor of expanded opportunities for legal migration to the United States. He has argued both for expanded guest worker programs and for immigration tariffs as two ways to move the United States closer to open borders.

In September 2012, a policy analysis by Nowrasteh was published that argued that immigration crackdowns in Arizona had adversely affected the state's economy.

Nowrasteh has also written posts critical of publications by US-based restrictionist groups such as the Center for Immigration Studies and the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

Other publications
Nowrasteh has co-authored with Benjamin Powell and Ryan Ford an analysis of Somalia's functioning as a stateless society.

Written media
Nowrasteh has been a blogger/guest contributor for the Huffington Post and for Forbes magazine. In addition, he has written pieces for National Journal and Reuters. Nowrasteh has also been quoted as an expert in mainstream press pieces on immigration.

TV and radio
Nowrasteh has appeared on many TV and radio shows (including Bloomberg TV and Fox Business Network) to offer his views on immigration and his reactions to specific immigration reform proposals.