IMMIGRATION POLICY UNDERMINES THE US PANDEMIC RESPONSE

摘要

The US response to the COVID-19 pandemic will be hobbled by its increasingly punitive and stigmatizing approach to immigration policy. The administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration campaign creates a public health risk in the context of this pandemic. In addition to the systemic obstacles noncitizens face in their access to healthcare, the recent implementation of the “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds” final rule penalizing noncitizen recipients of some social services will further restrict their access to treatment and hinder the fight against the coronavirus.