Why deportations don’t tell the whole story of Trump’s crackdown | CNN

ICE arrests and deportations often get most of the attention. But another side to the Trump administration’s crackdown is largely flying under the radar. “They’ve slashed legal immigration for families. They’ve slashed legal immigration for employers. … There’s basically no category you can find that they haven’t targeted for reductions and cuts,” says David Bier of the libertarian Cato Institute, who argues this is a “radical change” – and an underreported story. In what officials have billed as the largest mass deportation campaign in history, federal agents deployed in cities across the country became a familiar — and controversial — sight over the past year, with immigration authorities’ aggressive arrest tactics fueling fierce debate in Washington about agency funding. And actions by ICE have made frequent headlines since Trump returned to power, most recently this week with the news that a new acting director will soon assume the agency’s top job. But Bier says there’s another story about immigration in the US that’s harder to tell, but no less significant. “You don’t see the backstory of all that’s leading up to that guy being handcuff