Trump claims he will temporarily suspend immigration into US due to coronavirus fears
(CNN)President Donald Trump said late Monday night he will sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration to the United States as the nation battles the health and economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
"In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!" he tweeted.
It's unclear what mechanism he will use to suspend immigration, how long such a suspension could last or what effect this will have on the operation of US border crossings and on those who already hold green cards.
The White House declined to provide further information on the executive order Monday evening.
The tweet comes as the administration seeks to reopen parts of the country from the coronavirus shutdown through a phased approach, but it's also a continuation of the President's 2016 campaign promise to slow immigration.
Trump has repeatedly touted his decision to halt travel from China and Europe as a means of blunting the spread of coronavirus in the United States.
The tweet also comes hours after Trump directed Admiral Brett Giroir, the assistant Health and Human Services secretary for health, to provide an update on border wall construction after he briefed reporters on coronavirus testing.
This story is breaking and will be updated.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/20/politics/donald-trump-immigration-halt-coronavirus/index.html
:uhh:
Many other countries have already done this.
Exactly. What took so long? :uhh:
^o)
This man is the devil. He is blocking immigrants, yet encouraging protesters to rally over restrictions that he set in place and having a tweet extravaganza about liberating certain states. This damns clown, YOUR CITIZENS brought that shit over here from traveling abroad. Delayed ass, inbred ass mothafucka
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Quote from: heir. on April 20, 2020, 10:51:58 PM
He's sending so many mixed messages and I think it's completely intentional
a) he wants to appear as if he's fighting the good fight against Rona
b) he wants to appear that he wants things to begin reopening - lowkey downplaying Rona's threat
all while appeasing his core fanbase with the words "suspend immigration" to keep him in good as possible for reelection
just throwing a whole bunch of shit out there ... straddling the fence
he better hope this doesn't backfire on him.
It's an election year....
:disgusted: we all gotta come together and vote for Biden like wtf
oh no hope this doesnt last long i finally need immigration for my nigerian friend
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He don't give a fuck
Not him using 'ron for his own agenda while simultaneously basically encouraging these red states to reopen
A mess
Quote from: BRockaBaby on April 20, 2020, 11:11:23 PM
Quote from: heir. on April 20, 2020, 10:51:58 PM
He's sending so many mixed messages and I think it's completely intentional
a) he wants to appear as if he's fighting the good fight against Rona
b) he wants to appear that he wants things to begin reopening - lowkey downplaying Rona's threat
all while appeasing his core fanbase with the words "suspend immigration" to keep him in good as possible for reelection
just throwing a whole bunch of shit out there ... straddling the fence
he better hope this doesn't backfire on him.
It's an election year....
Which is exactly why it's the worst time to be sending out mixed messages
Corona is kicking his ass and i love it
Quote from: Free on April 21, 2020, 08:06:16 AM
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He don't give a fuck
Not him using 'ron for his own agenda while simultaneously basically encouraging these red states to reopen
A mess
'Rona is doing gods work by fcking up those protesters in the red states while simultaneously stopping the anti vax movement :stressed:
It's crazy how everyone here looked at me crazy for him doing this earlier. Now look at us...looking dumb, scared, broke and bored.
Quote from: Free on April 21, 2020, 08:06:16 AM
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He don't give a fuck
Not him using 'ron for his own agenda while simultaneously basically encouraging these red states to reopen
A mess
I was just wondering when he would use this as leverage to complete his campaign agenda
I'm sure the wall funding will be next if Mexico does become a hotspot
In a perfect world, the virus would spread through all of the red state honkies and wipe them out
I think Trump knew some mess was about to happen. He thought it would be Mexico but was wrong, it was disgusting China.
Quote from: 1RIG on April 21, 2020, 09:19:36 AM
Quote from: BRockaBaby on April 20, 2020, 11:11:23 PM
Quote from: heir. on April 20, 2020, 10:51:58 PM
He's sending so many mixed messages and I think it's completely intentional
a) he wants to appear as if he's fighting the good fight against Rona
b) he wants to appear that he wants things to begin reopening - lowkey downplaying Rona's threat
all while appeasing his core fanbase with the words "suspend immigration" to keep him in good as possible for reelection
just throwing a whole bunch of shit out there ... straddling the fence
he better hope this doesn't backfire on him.
It's an election year....
Which is exactly why it's the worst time to be sending out mixed messages
Corona is kicking his ass and i love it
I agree but remember...all he needs to do is appeal to and keep his base happy and he will be re-elected. He knows that and that's what he's doing....
Quote from: trapMysoul on April 21, 2020, 09:45:21 AM
I think Trump knew some mess was about to happen. He thought it would be Mexico but was wrong, it was disgusting China.
The timing of everything just seems entirely too coincidental. This man beats impeachment and then this outbreak happens . I don't know if he actively played a roll in it spreading, but sitting back and stalling on efforts to keep it from spreading seems to have been an angle for his campaign.
Quote from: Free on April 21, 2020, 08:06:16 AM
e
He don't give a fuck
Not him using 'ron for his own agenda while simultaneously basically encouraging these red states to reopen
A mess