{"podcast":{"title":"Cato Podcast","slug":"cato-podcast-516193","podcast_index_feed_id":516193,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/cato-daily-podcast","website_url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/1751307571605-b8d32395-9136-4f7f-94cf-0fc594e3456d.jpeg","author":"Cato Institute","episode_count":4828,"summary":"Each week on Cato Podcast , leading scholars and policymakers from the Cato Institute delve into the big ideas shaping our world: individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Whether unpacking current events, debating civil liberties, exploring technological innovation, or tracing the history of classical liberal thought, we promise insightful analysis grounded in rigorous research and Cato’s signature libertarian perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193"},"episode":{"title":"The Immigration Crackdown You’re Not Hearing About","slug":"the-immigration-crackdown-you-re-not-hearing-about","published_at":"2026-05-14T10:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193/the-immigration-crackdown-you-re-not-hearing-about","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193","url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast/immigration-crackdown-youre-not-hearing-about","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/e/6a04e6bed58f9c365b3b7682/media.mp3","summary":"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.","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2486,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cato-podcast-516193/episodes/the-immigration-crackdown-you-re-not-hearing-about/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193/the-immigration-crackdown-you-re-not-hearing-about.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}