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The Immigration Crackdown You’re Not Hearing About

Asylum entries are down 99.9%. Student visas, family visas, and H‑1B applications have all cratered. Ryan Bourne is joined by Cato’s David Bier to examine how President Trump’s executive actions have blocked far more legal immigrants than illegal ones, and why the president’s stated support for legal immigration doesn’t match his policy record.

Featuring
Ryan Bourne

R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics, Cato Institute

David J. Bier

Director, Immigration Studies, and The Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy, Cato Institute