作茧自缚

nǐ zhè yàng zuò jiǎn zhí shì zài zuò jiǎn zì fù

你这样做，简直是在作茧自缚。

By doing so, you are just asking for trouble.

gēn běn wèn tí shì yīng guó zhèng fǔ zhì dìng de yí mín zhèng cè běn shēn yǒu quē xiàn rú jīn zuò jiǎn zì fù

根本问题是英国政府制定的移民政策本身有缺陷，如今作茧自缚。

The underlying problem is that the government has become a prisoner of its own flawed immigration policy.