that’s growing rapidly in the United States, advocates and public health groups are warning.
Democrats have steadily warned that Trump’s immigration policies could undermine efforts to detect and stamp out the virus that’s effectively shuttered large sections of American life. Joe Biden in Sunday night’s Democratic debate, decrying Trump’s policies, said even “xenophobic folks” should want undocumented immigrants to seek out care for coronavirus without fear of deportation.
She worries pressures to stay employed and avoid scrutiny of immigration officials will push immigrants to keep working even if they’re infected, increasing the chance of spreading coronavirus to others. “The doctors had no intention of collecting immigration status, but they were nonetheless conflated with other government officials who did,” said Nuzzo, an associate professor at John Hopkins University’s Center for Health Security. “That made it difficult for public health workers to learn how many cases there were and who had the disease.”
The Department of Homeland Security's immigration agency over the weekend updated its public charge webpage with an alert that "encourages" all immigrants with Covid-19 symptoms to seek medical care and said it won't count against their legal status.
Trump is incompetent. He should be removed from office.
SethAbramson ICE is still aggressively arresting immigrants.
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SethAbramson I haven’t heard one word from Trump or his pandemic team about calling off the ICE from interfering with ppl needing medical help. So that’s disturbing.
The unilateral US sanctions, introduced in May 2018 as part of the 'maximum pressure' campaign against Iran, are a strong barrier to effective fight against infection. IranvsUSA IranVSAmerica
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