Episode Nine: COVID
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Credits
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?
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