Trump ejecting a person out of US every 96 minutes under new coronavirus rules
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump ejecting a person out of US every 96 minutes under new coronavirus rules

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As Americans adjust to the new normals of social distancing, quarantine and a rising death toll wrought by the coronavirus, it’s business as usual at the border as Donald Trump continues to build his border wall. The Washington Post reported that migrants entering the US illegally are being expelled at an average of one person every 96 minutes. Government officials celebrated completing 100 miles of wall on 10 January, just prior to the first reported case of coronavirus.

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Donald Trump has been suggesting the coronavirus is under control for 156 days now
4 years, 6 months ago

Donald Trump has been suggesting the coronavirus is under control for 156 days now

CNN  

CNN — On January 22, President Donald Trump did an interview with CNBC from Davos, Switzerland, where he was asked, for the first time, about the coronavirus in America. “It’s going away,” Trump said of the coronavirus during a speech to a conservative students group in Arizona on Wednesday. A week ago, in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, …

Donald Trump Is Acting Like The Coronavirus Is Gone. It Isn’t.
4 years, 7 months ago

Donald Trump Is Acting Like The Coronavirus Is Gone. It Isn’t.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING On Wednesday, the number of U.S. coronavirus cases leapt past 2 million, according to a New York Times database, with outbreaks growing in 21 states and more than a dozen states seeing record surges. His government’s response to the coronavirus, the ballooning economic crisis, and the waves of protests against police violence have sent Trump’s overall approval …

US extends heightened border enforcement during coronavirus
4 years, 7 months ago

US extends heightened border enforcement during coronavirus

Hindustan Times  

A Trump administration policy of quickly expelling most migrants stopped along the border because of the Covid-19 pandemic was indefinitely extended Tuesday, with a top US health official arguing that what had been a short-term order was still needed to protect the country from the virus. “This new extension of the CDC order will end US refugee and child protections …

Citing coronavirus, Trump ramps up expulsions of migrant youth
4 years, 7 months ago

Citing coronavirus, Trump ramps up expulsions of migrant youth

Al Jazeera  

The expulsions are the latest Trump administration measure aimed at preventing the entry of migrant children. The expulsions are the latest administration measure aimed at preventing the entry of migrant children, following other programmes such as the since-rescinded “zero tolerance” policy that resulted in thousands of family separations. “I thought they would help me or let me fight my case,” …

White House considering winding down coronavirus task force, Pence says
4 years, 8 months ago

White House considering winding down coronavirus task force, Pence says

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Vice President Mike Pence told reporters on Tuesday that the …

Trump Didn't See It Coming: Coronavirus Deaths Increased Tenfold This Month
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump Didn't See It Coming: Coronavirus Deaths Increased Tenfold This Month

NPR  

Trump Didn't See It Coming: Coronavirus Deaths Increased Tenfold This Month Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images A month ago, President Trump went on Fox and downplayed the potential lethality of the novel coronavirus and compared it to the seasonal flu. The day before that Feb. 29 death, Trump claimed it …

Trump to suspend immigration into United States due to coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump to suspend immigration into United States due to coronavirus

India TV News  

An executive order will be signed to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. Announcing the suspension of immigration to the United States, Trump took to Twitter and said, "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 …

April 13, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 8 months ago

April 13, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

During Monday’s task force briefing, the White House presented a digital montage of TV and radio clips of President Trump’s early actions with the coronavirus. One clip featured audio from New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, who can be heard describing how the President was criticized for his early travel ban from China. At the end of the day, it …

Trump administration, citing coronavirus, expels 10,000 migrants in less than 3 weeks
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump administration, citing coronavirus, expels 10,000 migrants in less than 3 weeks

LA Times  

The Trump administration has quickly expelled roughly 10,000 migrants to Mexico and other countries in less than three weeks since imposing its most severe immigration restrictions yet in response to the coronavirus outbreak, officials said Thursday. After the United States and Mexico last month closed their border to “nonessential travel,” U.S. officials began rapidly removing almost all migrants arriving at …

Coronavirus | Donald Trump extends distancing guidelines by 30 days
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Donald Trump extends distancing guidelines by 30 days

The Hindu  

President Donald Trump said on Sunday the peak death rate in the U.S. from the novel coronavirus is likely to hit in two weeks as he extended the coronavirus guidelines, including social distancing, until April 30. Assuring his countrymen that he expects the United States to be on its way to recovery by June 1, Trump told reporters at a …

Trump to remove migrants who cross U.S.-Mexico border illegally, due to coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump to remove migrants who cross U.S.-Mexico border illegally, due to coronavirus

The Hindu  

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his administration will use a health-focused statute to swiftly remove migrants or asylum seekers who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally as part of efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus. During a White House news conference, Mr. Trump confirmed he would invoke a statute allowing the surgeon general, the United States’ top …

Coronavirus was on my mind travelling from the US but the flight home showed not everyone was taking it seriously
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus was on my mind travelling from the US but the flight home showed not everyone was taking it seriously

ABC  

We thought we were lucky — an hour after coming off the slopes for our last day of skiing in Steamboat, Colorado the mountain was shut because of coronavirus. Any belief that the US was taking the virus seriously was dispelled the minute we arrived at Denver airport, where big crowds at the check-in desk were packed together tightly in …

The CDC recommends organizers cancel or postpone events with 50 people or more for 8 weeks
4 years, 9 months ago

The CDC recommends organizers cancel or postpone events with 50 people or more for 8 weeks

CNN  

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday recommended that no gatherings with 50 people or more take place for the next eight weeks to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. John Moore/Getty Images The US can expect more cases and deaths, Fauci said at a White House briefing Saturday, telling reporters: “We have not …

What Matters: Local governments take charge on coronavirus while Trump congratulates himself
4 years, 9 months ago

What Matters: Local governments take charge on coronavirus while Trump congratulates himself

CNN  

CNN — It is impossible to document all the ways COVID-19 has shut down American life. When a reporter asked Trump why he disbanded the White House office devoted to pandemic preparation, he said it was a “nasty question” and that he personally wasn’t responsible. In the Rose Garden, Trump publicly criticized the federal relief package being negotiated by Treasury …

Watch the full CNN coronavirus town hall
4 years, 9 months ago

Watch the full CNN coronavirus town hall

CNN  

CNN — Didn’t get a chance to watch the full CNN/Facebook coronavirus town hall with CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta? The latest news in the US and globally on coronavirus Video Ad Feedback Part 1: CNN/Facebook global coronavirus town hall 21:45 - Source: CNN Part 1 of the CNN/Facebook town hall takes a look at the facts surrounding …

Coronavirus travel ban: Customers left in the dark after Trump restricts travel from Europe
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus travel ban: Customers left in the dark after Trump restricts travel from Europe

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The virus will not have a chance against us.” However, shortly after the president’s remarks, the Department of Homeland Security …

Trump Adds New Travel Bans But Continues To Downplay Coronavirus Risk
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump Adds New Travel Bans But Continues To Downplay Coronavirus Risk

Huff Post  

President Donald Trump during a press briefing on coronavirus at the White House on Saturday. But the remainder, Fauci said, would likely face more severe symptoms, require hospitalization and “need advanced medical care.” Trump did acknowledge that death of a patient from the disease in Washington state, news of which was announced just before he began speaking in the White …

Trump Touts Border Wall In Face Of Coronavirus: ‘Border Security Is Health Security’
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump Touts Border Wall In Face Of Coronavirus: ‘Border Security Is Health Security’

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump boasted about the wall at the U.S.-Mexico border as he spoke about the threat of the new coronavirus on Friday, saying at a rally: “Border security is also health security.” Health experts told HuffPost a wall at the southern border is in no way related to preventing the spread of the virus in the …

Coronavirus outbreak: Total number of infected in United States rises to 13 with another case confirmed in California
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: Total number of infected in United States rises to 13 with another case confirmed in California

Firstpost  

The individual was taken to the University of California San Diego Medical Center for observation and isolation California: The 13th case of coronavirus in the United States was detected in California in a person under federal quarantine after returning from Wuhan, China, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday. The adult patient was among US nationals …

Coronavirus outbreak: US declares public health emergency, bars foreign nationals who visited China from entering country
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: US declares public health emergency, bars foreign nationals who visited China from entering country

Firstpost  

US citizens who have travelled within past two weeks to China’s Hubei will be subject to mandatory quarantine of 14 days Washington: The Trump administration, while insisting the risk to Americans from coronavirus is low, nevertheless declared a public health emergency on Friday and announced the extraordinary step of barring entry to the United States of foreign nationals who have …

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