Fox News host Laura Ingraham called on the Trump administration to halt all immigration into the United States to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
“All immigration to the US should be halted due to this national emergency — we sure as heck don’t need any foreign workers with millions of Americans on verge of losing their jobs,” Ingraham tweeted Wednesday with the hashtag “AmericaFirst.”
All immigration to the US should be halted due to this national emergency—we sure as heck don’t need any foreign workers with millions of Americans on verge of losing their jobs. #AmericaFirst
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 18, 2020
“Officials can shut down the entire state of a Calif in one day, but those same officials, when pressed on illegal immigration, say ‘we can’t shut down our entire southern border and deport millions of people,'” she said in another tweet on Friday.
Officials can shut down the entire state of a Calif in one day, but those same officials, when pressed on illegal immigration, say”we can’t shut down our entire southern border and deport millions of people.”
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 20, 2020
Ingraham also said all foreign worker visas should be stopped.
All foreign worker visas must be stopped. https://t.co/EjRyjZmbam
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 18, 2020
The refugee resettlement program responsible for resettling more than 2,000 refugees in the last two weeks was suspended until at least April 7, according to Breitbart News.
The Trump administration announced on Friday a ban on recreational and tourist travel at the U.S.-Mexico border as a precaution to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The U.S. agreement mirrors one announced earlier this week with Canada. Both plans will take effect at midnight. The southern border, which runs up against Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, is the busiest border in the world.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf also announced on Friday the administration will begin returning all immigrants arrested at the border for illegal entry, in order to block people without documentation from entering the country during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Washington Examiner reported earlier this week that Border Patrol agents are returning Mexican citizens who illegally cross the southern border back to Mexico rather than hold them in detention centers due to fear the virus will cause overcrowding.
More than 200 people in the U.S. have been killed by the virus, and over 10,000 people have died worldwide.
