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1/7 This isn't about protecting us from COVID19. It's a political move to advance a long-standing agenda. The real aim is for it to go beyond "temporary." This ban would seriously hamper the ability of the US to recover from this crisis. Some facts: https://www.npr.org/2020/04/21/839547087/trump-says-hell-temporarily-suspend-immigration-over-coronavirus-fears
1. The US needs a lot more health care workers to deal with the crisis. Already 1/4 are immigrants ( https://bit.ly/2zjZwAc ), and more are desperately needed. The "temporary" ban will make it harder to get the additional health professionals we need.
2. The US depends on migrant workers to secure our food supply. They work on farms, meat processing plants, food service, etc. ( https://bit.ly/3aqhsWA ) The "temporary" ban will make it harder to feed the country.
3. The US depends on immigrant teachers/professors and students to support the educational system. Universities will suffer greatly.
4. The US depends on immigrant scientists to produce the innovations that will solve many of the issues in this crisis. ( https://bit.ly/3bsc1rn ) ( https://behavioralscientist.org/how-immigrants-drive-entrepreneurship-invention-innovation/)
5. There is no compelling evidence that immigrant workers take away jobs from natives ( https://bit.ly/2xDzwPV ). In fact, it's the opposite ( https://bit.ly/3am5qO0 ).
So why kill the goose the lays the golden eggs? Because of short-sighted, partisan politics. This is a cynical way to use "security" as a means of advancing an agenda of fear and xenohophia -- a perennial tactic of restrictionists who lack evidence to support their agenda.
In addition, bans on immigration result in long-run reductions in capital investment to and from the location that suffers the ban. ( https://bit.ly/3aoFDof ) ( https://bit.ly/2VpwyY3 ) ( https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2822948)
