From Reuters:
“Trump weighs blocking U.S.
citizens coming home if coronavirus infection feared”
The administration of U.S.
President Donald Trump is considering a measure to block U.S. citizens and
permanent residents from returning home if they are suspected of being infected
with the new coronavirus, a senior U.S. official confirmed to Reuters. The
official said a draft regulation, which has not been finalized and could
change, would give the government authorization to block individuals who could
“reasonably” be believed to have contracted COVID-19 or other diseases. Trump
has instituted a series of sweeping immigration restrictions since the start of
the coronavirus pandemic, suspending some legal immigration and allowing U.S.
border authorities to rapidly deport migrants caught at the border without
standard legal processes. Reuters reported in May that U.S. government
officials were concerned that dual U.S.-Mexico citizens might flee to the
United States if the coronavirus outbreak in Mexico worsened, putting more
stress on U.S. hospitals. The draft regulation, which was first reported by The
New York Times on Monday, would be issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, which has played a lead role in the pandemic response,
the senior official told Reuters. A Trump pandemic task force was not expected
to act on the proposal this week, although that timeline could change, the
official said.
^ I know that some countries have
done this – refusing entry to their own citizens – but NO COUNTRY should EVER
be allowed to ban their own citizens from returning home. There is no reasonable
excuse that any Government Official, Politician, etc. can give that justifies
that kind of ban. Foreigners can be banned from entering, but not citizens. I
do believe that returning citizens should be quarantined if they are sick, but
that should be done inside their own country. ^
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