Posted on 03/23/2020 8:54:44 AM PDT by RideForever
President Trump recently stated that illegal immigrants will not be deported if they get tested for coronavirus.
While speaking at the White House Sunday, the president said U.S. hospitals will test everyone with symptoms regardless of their immigration status. He added that deportations of infected immigrants will be delayed to prevent further spread of the virus.
White House officials have said immigration enforcement agents will not be looking for illegal immigrants in hospitals during the ongoing outbreak.
President Trump went on to say his goal is to identify all cases of coronavirus and defeat the illness.
Central American migrants seeking asylum, some wearing protective face masks, return to Mexico via the international bridge at the U.S-Mexico border that joins Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Saturday, March 21, 2020. Mexico and the U.S. are restricting travel over their busy shared border as they try to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)
“You could say illegal alien, you could say illegal immigrant, you could say whatever you want to use (as) your definition…we’re all talking about the same thing,” he stated. “Yes, we will test that person because I think it’s important we test that person.”
The president also stressed that immigration officials are continuing deportations of violent criminals and offenders from the country.
This should be part of a Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement bill, missing since 1986 ONE TIME amnesty. The List of Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement, missing since 1986 goes like this -
1) southern barrier; 2) require eVerify to hire; 3) end all chain migration; 4) birthright per Minor v. Happersett (plural parents); 5) end work visas; 6) 10-year moratorium on all new applications for citizenship (40 years to allow workplace automation effects on downsizing population); 7) Set up an illegal aliens’ victim restitution fund.
Enactment of these provisions will motivate illegal aliens to SELF-deport, and remove colonizadors from our welfare rolls.
ALL illegal aliens need to be removed, regardless.
...but the virus should be deported immediately.
But will they have priority on ventilators?
Why do we keep crediting him even for things we are against? I love the guy but I hate worship of anybody except God
I don’t care how you get caught. If you’re illegal you go back. What would happen if a murderer went for testing and h what’s discovered?
All of a sudden letting illegals go is okay, the multi trillion-dollar package on money we don’t have is just dandy with no offsetting cuts anywhere, reaching out to Al sharpton is a good thing... I don’t get it.
He has put up the border wall, he slashed taxes, he has clamping down on illegals, he has cut regulations and done many other great things but that does not mean he can never be wrong.
And on those three things I mentioned he was wrong.
Hope he’s fibbing.
That was a very interesting part of the presser. I think we were watching a real time decision making process for Trump. Watch the full answer.
This focus on tests needs to stop except for knowing how to treat patients. We need wide-spread antibody testing so they can issue back-to-work passes to restore the American economy.
I don’t care how you get caught. If you’re illegal you go back. What would happen if a murderer went for testing and h what’s discovered?
To compare someone in this country illegally with someone who commits murders is a little wild. There are degrees of crimes.
Anyway, if you don’t understand the reason let me explain it to you in simple terms.
The virus does not care if you are a legal citizen or an illegal citizen.
The goal is to find, quarantine and treat those with the virus.
Now if an illegal was sick but afraid to go to a hospital in fear of deportation, how many other people will be infected because of this fear?
The President did not say that being tested was a free pass to America, he just said ICE will not be checking hospitals for illegals.
The goal now is surviving the pandemic. Afterwards the goal will be to remove illegals.
They had a case in New Jersey last week of someone -- who presumably was an illegal alien -- who showed up at a hospital with flu-like symptoms. They tested the person and sent him/her home with orders for self-isolation while the test was being processed. A day later, the test came back positive and they tried to contact the person, but the patient had left a fake address and phone number. The whole area was basically on lockdown while the police and hospital staff tried to figure out who the hell this person was and whether he/she was wandering the streets exposing others to the virus.
I agree this is all common sense here
“President Trump recently stated that illegal immigrants will not be deported if they get tested for coronavirus.”
Who writes this stuff? This says that if you’re an illegal alien, you get a free ticket to stay in the US with the FedGov’s blessing simply by getting tested.
I expect that what it meant to say is that the testing facility will not ask you your status, or if it does, will not use the opportunity of your showing up to take action against you, and will not cause anyone else to take action against you.
Now if an illegal was sick but afraid to go to a hospital in fear of deportation, how many other people will be infected because of this fear?
And we have one less illegal alien voter available to help the Democrat globalists destroy the U.S.
Why do we keep crediting him even for things we are against? I love the guy but I hate worship of anybody except God
In the time of need/emergency a true leader puts away ideologues and does what is needed to solve the problem.
People who stick ideology during a crisis are the most dangerous people to have or have in place of leadership. Look at Dr. Fauci, sure he is right about everything he says, but his ideology prevents him from doing what is necessary and required.
I applaud President Trump for doing what is necessary, the virus doesn’t discriminate and you can catch it from an illegal just as much as you can catch it from patriot.
President Trump is showing leadership here.
[[But will they have priority on ventilators?]]
Of course- all of us legal citizens are racist- we are last on the list-
I’m sick to death of hearing about thinking about or having to accomodate in some way manner shape or form these sneaking thieving selfish people...
The illegals shouldn’t have been here in the first place. Thank you Bushes, Odungo, and all their filthy minions. May they all be burning eternally in hell.
Now that’s a priority question from the corrupt media, will illegals get free healthcare and testing too.
This is the right thing to do. We don’t want people running around sick, infecting everybody, because they are afraid to get tested or treated.
This is a national emergency and some things need to be put aside until we get it under control.
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