President Donald Trump is once again using immigration as political theater, Linda Chavez and Scott Roehm write in usatodayopinion.
But implicit in the exemptions stated in the order is an acknowledgment that we desperately need foreign scientists, doctors, nurses, entrepreneurs and armed service members and their families, as well as those needed “to perform medical research or other research intended to combat the spread of COVID-19; or to perform work essential to combating, recovering from, or otherwiseAlthough the president’s executive order is ostensibly temporary, he has made it clear he may extend it much longer.
Why are we turning away refugees, asylum seekers and other immigrants rather than adopting sensible measures recommended by experienced , like screening and quarantining ? Especially when COVID-19 has already spread through the United States, turning people away doesn't make anyone safer.Worse yet, it violates longstanding international human rights and refugee protection standards. “People who are forced to flee conflict and persecution should not be denied safety and protection,” Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, reiterated last week.
The damage that the president is inflicting goes beyond those directly impacted and manifests in ways that further endanger all Americans. Torture survivors receiving rehabilitation services at the Center for Victims of Torture are increasingly scared, as much by the president’s rhetoric as the policies themselves.
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