Thread: Trump cracks down on nations hesitant to accept U.S. deportees because of coronavirus

Trump cracks down on nations hesitant to accept U.S. deportees because of coronavirus



John Fritze, USA TODAY
USA TODAY April 10, 2020, 9:54 PM EDT



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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed an order late Friday threatening to impose sanctions on countries that attempt to bar the repatriation of U.S. deportees because those people have spent time in the world's worst hot spot for coronavirus.


Underscoring the extent of the coronavirus in the U.S., some countries and immigrant advocates have called for a pause in U.S. deportations for fear that the international movement of immigrants could spread the virus to countries less equipped to handle it.


Guatemala briefly stopped accepting its own deported nationals from the U.S. last month because of the virus.


While the country resumed accepting its own citizens, it is continuing to block Honduran and Salvadoran migrants deported from the U.S.


Trump's order instructs consular officials to stop processing U.S. visas for countries in which the Department of Homeland Security finds is no longer accepting deportees.


It was not immediately clear if the order was aimed at any country in particular. Neither the White House nor the State Department responded to a request for comment.










Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House, Tuesday, March 17, 2020.Trump's memorandum cites the coronavirus and the national emergency he declared last month as justifications for the move.


Countries that deny or "unreasonably delay" the acceptance of their citizens from the United States during the coronavirus pandemic, the order reads, "create unacceptable public health risks for Americans."


There were nearly 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. as of Friday. Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador – all of which have significantly smaller populations than the United States – all had fewer than 500 reported cases.



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Put a pause on ALL Visa's. We have 40 million to deport and $25 trillion in debt.

Now sign an Executive Order that NO illegal aliens will be attending our schools ever again.

No anchor baby, no welfare, no food stamps, no housing, no job, and no healthcare. We are sick of paying for this and it is embezzlement and misappropriation of OUR tax dollars.



These countries need to open up manufacturing of clothes, shoes, hats, blankets, furniture, and start making their own products and put their people to work back home!


We are not the dumping ground for the world or their ATM machine. These people send over $50 billion across the border and do not spend it on our economy. They need to go home and work and contribute to their own economy and inititate a campaign to get on birth control. Do not dump YOUR poverty on our backs!!!