Trump news – live: President accused of ‘taking advantage of coronavirus crisis’ by suspending immigration as Georgia leads reopening of states
Donald Trump has announced he is suspending all immigration to the US because of the coronavirus crisis, a move to “protect jobs” with 22m people already out of work, his executive order denounced by critics as both an act of partisan opportunism and an attempt to distract from his blundering response to the pandemic.
“This action is not only an attempt to divert attention away from Trump’s failure to stop the spread of the coronavirus and save lives, but an authoritarian-like move to take advantage of a crisis and advance his anti-immigrant agenda,” responded congressman Joaquin Castro.
With the US death toll from Covid-19 at 42,300 – the highest in the world – and the country on nearly 787,000 confirmed infections, according to Johns Hopkins, Georgia, Texas and Colorado are among the states preparing to end lockdown measures and reopen, to the consternation of many.
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