August 10, 2020 04:25 PM UTC

Forget Muslim Ban; Trump Considering American Ban

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• by: Colorado Pols

As The New York Times reports:

President Trump is considering new immigration regulations that would allow border officials to temporarily block American citizens and legal permanent residents from returning to the United States from abroad if authorities believe they may be infected with the coronavirus.

In recent months, Mr. Trump has imposed sweeping rules that ban entry by foreigners into the United States, citing the risk of allowing the virus to spread from hot spots abroad. But those rules have exempted two categories of people attempting to return: American citizens and non-citizens who have already established legal residence.

Now, a draft regulation would expand the government’s power to prevent entry by citizens and legal residents in individual, limited circumstances. Federal agencies have been asked to submit feedback on the proposal to the White House by Tuesday, though it is unclear when it might be approved or announced…

…The documents appear not to spell out how long a citizen or legal resident would be required to remain outside of the United States. [Pols emphasis]

With more than 5 million coronavirus cases and 163,000 deaths, no country on the planet has done a worse job of containing COVID-19 than the good old U-S-of-A. If Trump goes ahead with this cockamamie idea, you can probably guess what happens next…other countries are going to stop allowing Americans across their borders altogether.

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