How Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is making America weaker | The Economist

The Trump administration has sharply shifted immigration policy from border deterrence to mass interior enforcement and tighter legal entry rules, with growing effects on deportations, universities, employers and the labor force. Interior arrests surge as border crossings fall After a period when illegal crossings at the southern border had dominated the debate, enforcement has moved deep into the country. Department of Homeland Security figures indicate roughly 50,000 arrests in July alone, a record monthly total, even as the border itself has become far quieter. The current campaign is focused less on newly arrived migrants and more on people who have lived in the United States for years.

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