Alex Nowrasteh is the director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute. His popular publications have appeared in most major newspapers in the United States. His peer‐reviewed academic publications have appeared in a half-dozen academic journals. Alex regularly appears on Fox News, MSNBC, Bloomberg, NPR, and numerous television and radio stations across the United States. He is a native of Southern California and received a BA in economics from George Mason University and a Master of Science in economic history from the London School of Economics.