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Rep. Steve King sponsored a bill on nonimmigrants "tourist bonds" last year, then met with the President at the White House to discuss. Now, it's being developed as part of a new executive order.
This extreme proposal would have significant negative consequences for the economy, which we look at in this piece - but this also illustrates how the administration's most anti-immigrant policy is often pre-baked by restrictionist organizations + allies in Congress
Which is just to say - it's not enough to wave away extreme proposals and say, oh, that will never happen, or no one will vote for that - organizations and ideas that were kept on the fringes for a long time are now on the inside and making a real impact on policy
The WH executive order does not specify amounts, details on who would be included, etc, but Rep. King's bill is as good a place to look as any for an indication where they may be going on this 
