# The Immigration Crackdown You’re Not Hearing About

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Podcast: [Cato Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193)
Published: 2026-05-14T10:45:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast/immigration-crackdown-youre-not-hearing-about
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## Resource

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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