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?
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