February 2, 2018 1:58PM 

# Recapping Immigration Week on the Cato Daily Podcast 

By [Caleb O. Brown](https://www.cato.org/people/caleb-o-brown) 

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All this week, the [Cato Daily Podcast](https://www.cato.org/podcast) (subscribe!) has tackled the myths, errors, and underappreciated elements of immigration policy. President Donald Trump has made a [massive reduction in legal immigration](https://www.cato.org/blog/white-house-plan-bans-22-million-legal-immigrants-over-5-decades) a centerpiece of his second year in office, and the sales pitch he’s made on behalf of that plan hinges on a number of false or misleading claims about the costs and benefits of immigration. In case you missed them, here are my discussions with [Alex Nowrasteh](https://www.cato.org/people/alex-nowrasteh), [David Bier](https://www.cato.org/people/david-bier), and [Matthew Feeney](https://www.cato.org/people/matthew-feeney):

- [Puncturing Persistent Myths about Immigrant Crime](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/puncturing-persistent-myths-about-immigrant-crime)
- [Trump Immigration Plan Would Dramatically Reduce Legal Immigration](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/trump-immigration-plan-would-dramatically-reduce-legal-immigration)
- [The New and Old Tech of Border Surveillance](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/new-old-tech-border-surveillance)
- [The Vast Powers of Customs and Border Protection](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/vast-powers-customs-border-protection)
- [Fear of Terrorism Drives Anti-Immigrant Push](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/fear-terrorism-drives-anti-immigrant-push)

And, not to be left out, Jim Harper discussed his recent [paper](https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/new-national-id-systems) on [new national ID systems](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/new-national-id-systems) including E‑Verify, the deeply flawed employment verification system aimed at keeping undocumented immigrants from working in the United States.

Here’s more of [Cato’s work on immigration](https://www.cato.org/research/immigration).

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