Yeah. Think of how expensive it is to say “NOBODY FROM LIBERIA GETS TO COME HERE”.
That could cost millions of dollars, maybe hundreds of millions. Why, the people who figure this stuff out can’t figure out how to stop Ebola at the border unless they have giant salaries. And new buildings. And, they really aren’t very smart unless they get paid really really well.
This is absolutely the classic conservative vs liberal take. All the people who might have issued common sense directives to exclude individuals from Ebola-present countries LIKE WAS DONE ON ELLIS ISLAND for 100 years, no, they just can’t do that without giant budget increases.
Sounds like another example of “don’t let a crises go to waste”.