Stephen Miller and other anti-immigration crusaders in the Trump administration have appeared to seize on an opportunity
has attempted to use laws designed to protect public health to crack down on immigration—all to no avail, thanks in part to Cabinet secretaries and attorneys arguing that his plans didn’t pass legal muster. But the coronavirus crisis could give Miller an opening.
“The most important thing is to turn off the faucet of new immigrant labor,” Miller told conservative allies in a phone calllast month, describing recent restrictions and border closures as the first step in a broader plan to limit immigration.
Enter coronavirus, which has killed nearly 250,000 people worldwide and more than 68,000 in the United States. While the administration comes under fire for grossly mismanaging the crisis, Miller and other anti-immigration crusaders in the Trump administration have appeared to seize on an opportunity.
So far, Trump’s actions on immigration have not included invoking the public health powers Miller has previously advocated. But given Trump’s propensity to portray immigrants as carriers of disease, some of whom hail from what he has called “shithole countries,” it’s possible Miller could get to check another item off his wish list. On Monday, Trump tied coronavirus to immigration in tweet.
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