9. COVID

Episode Nine: COVID

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Eli Dvorkin

Center for an Urban Future

Eli Dvorkin is the Editorial & Policy Director of the Center for an Urban Future, where he oversees the development of all publications and advances CUF’s research and recommendations on the critical policy challenges facing the city and state.

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Alex Aleinikoff

Co-Host


Deb Amos

Co-Host


Sahil Ansari

Producer and Engineer

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How did COVID-19 provide the Trump Administration the ‘silver bullet’ to accomplish long-standing immigration goals that in fact had little to with the pandemic? And why has COVID had a disproportionate impact on immigrant communities?



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SHOW NOTES

Materials Of interest

Reports

Under Threat & Left Out: NYC’s Immigrants and the Coronavirus Crisis– June 2020, Center for an Urban Future

Articles

Councilman Says Many In Queens, NYC’s Hardest-Hit Borough, Can’t Afford Burials – April 11, 2020 – NPR

Trump administration announces mandatory quarantines in response to coronavirus – January 31, 2020 – Washington Post

Trump to suspend entry of certain foreign workers despite business group opposition – June 22, 2020 – CNBC

Trump signs order pausing immigration for 60 days, with exceptions – April 22, 2020 – Washington Post

‘What Is He Afraid Of?’ Trump’s European Travel Ban Prompts Scorn in China – March 12, 2020 – Time.com

Videos

Tracking Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Comments On Coronavirus – March 26, 2020 – CNBC

Fauci ‘wants to play all sides of the equation’: President Trump – May 14, 2020 – ABC News

IOM DG António Vitorino Addresses Stigmatization of Migrants – May 8, 2020 – IOM – UN Migration

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gives coronavirus update – April 23, 2020 – CBS News

Trump quizzed over proposed ban on legal immigration amid virus crisis – April 21, 2020 – Guardian News 

Donald Trump: comments about injecting disinfectant were ‘sarcastic’ – April 24, 2020 – Guardian News

Watch Trump’s evolution on his Covid-19 response – May 11, 2020 – CNN

‘I’m a little upset with China’, some of Trump’s more memorable quotes on the coronavirus pandemic – May 11, 2020 – South China Morning Post

’Keep your voice down’: Trump berates female reporter when questioned over Covid-19 response – April 19, 2020 – Guardian News

‘Not racist at all’: Donald Trump defends calling coronavirus the ‘Chinese virus’ – March 18, 2020 – Guardian News

Acting CBP commissioner Mark Morgan on enhanced border security amid COVID-19 pandemic – March 21, 2020 – Fox News

Exchange between Sen. Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci – May 12, 2020 – C-SPAN

NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Holds Coronavirus Briefing – May 17, 2020 – NBC News

A new month in COVID-19 crisis brings fresh anxiety, fear over how to pay bills, rent – April 1, 2020 – ABC News