Thread by @charanya_k, @CDCgov has *indefinitely* extended its order shutting down asylum at the border. [...]

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚨" title="Police cars revolving light" aria-label="Emoji: Police cars revolving light"> @CDCgov has *indefinitely* extended its order shutting down asylum at the border.

This order is a grievous attack on human rights and fails to protect public health.

This so-called "emergency" measure was never about COVID.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">on key resources re: the order& #39;s unlawfulness: https://twitter.com/Tanvim/status/1262856207032881152">https://twitter.com/Tanvim/st...

https://twitter.com/Tanvim/status/1262856207032881152

1: This brilliant piece from @LGuttentag on how the obscure provision on which this order relies, 42 USC 265, was never meant to propel a shadow immigration regime, and how the order is "medically gerrymandered" to target people seeking protection: https://bit.ly/2LIMsqV ">https://bit.ly/2LIMsqV&q...

COVID-19 Border Expulsions: CDC's Assault on Asylum Seekers, Unaccompanied Minors

Relying on obscure 1944 provision that provides no such authority, CDC tries to block all asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors in violation of congressional statutes.

https://bit.ly/2LIMsqV

2: A stinging critique from key committees ( @HouseForeign, @HouseJudiciary, and @HomelandDems) of the paltry legal justification provided by DHS & State as to why they can do this consistent with US obligations to asylum-seekers and unaccompanied children: https://bit.ly/3dYVigk ">https://bit.ly/3dYVigk&q...

Engel, Thompson, Nadler, & Menendez Reject Administration’s Legal Explanation for Halting Asylum...

https://bit.ly/3dYVigk

3: This great article from @oonahathaway dissecting all three sentences of the administration& #39;s legal justification for how this order complies with our international treaty obligations to asylum-seekers (it doesn& #39;t): https://bit.ly/2LJKKWo ">https://bit.ly/2LJKKWo&q...

The Trump Administration’s Indefensible Legal Defense of Its Asylum Ban

"The Trump administration has finally made public its legal justification for its decision to halt asylum processing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is embarrassingly bad."

https://bit.ly/2LJKKWo

4: A brand-new @humanrights1st report on how the order has propelled mass expulsions of 20,000 people, including asylum-seekers and at least 1,000 unaccompanied children, highlighting just some of the devastating human costs - https://bit.ly/2WJiedQ ">https://bit.ly/2WJiedQ&q...

Pandemic as Pretext: Trump Administration Exploits COVID-19, Expels Asylum Seekers and Children to...

The Trump Administration is exploiting the coronavirus crisis to pursue its long-held goal of preventing refugees from seeking and receiving humanitarian protection in the United States.

https://bit.ly/2WJiedQ

5: From yesterday, a letter from leading public health experts at universities across the country condemning @CDCgov& #39;s order, which, in their words, "fails to further public health."

https://bit.ly/3cO0mUy

And">https://bit.ly/3cO0mUy&q... @priscialva& #39;s story about the letter: https://cnn.it/2WJhvcA ">https://cnn.it/2WJhvcA&q...

Health experts slam Trump administration's use of public health law to close border

Health experts from across the country slammed the Trump administration's use of a public health law to largely seal off the border from those seeking refuge, arguing in a letter to the Department of...

https://bit.ly/3cO0mUy

6: And, of course, @amnestyusa& #39;s comment challenging this cruel policy, which violates the human right to seek asylum and our treaty commitments, which our org and so many others have fought hard to see reflected in domestic law: https://bit.ly/2LEiFjg ">https://bit.ly/2LEiFjg&q...

Amnesty International USA Opposes New Rule Empowering Unlawful Expulsions of Asylum-Seekers –...

Amnesty International USA submitted the following comment opposing a new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interim final rule which is currently empowering mass expulsions of...

https://bit.ly/2LEiFjg

So there you have it. Every which way you look at it, from public health to human rights, from our domestic laws to our international treaty obligations, this order is ill-advised and unlawful - pure xenophobia masquerading as a public health measure.

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