Trump is now blocking most of the legal paths to immigrate to the US

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(CNN) - As the coronavirus spreads around the world, the Trump administration has steadily choked off most avenues for legal immigration to the United States -- effectively shutting down the system that brings in hundreds of thousands of immigrants annually.

In a span of four months, people who legally migrated to the United States -- or are trying to -- have had their lives uprooted amid a litany of changes attributed to the pandemic. The abrupt changes have left immigrants and their families in limbo -- confused, frustrated and scrambling to sort out their next steps.

The reasons provided by the Trump administration vary, from protecting American workers at a time when the unemployment rate is high to putting public health first.

This week, the futures of more than 1 million international students attending universities in the US became uncertain. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced on Monday that foreign students taking online-only courses -- which are becoming more common as universities move away from in-person classes amid the pandemic -- may need to transfer schools or leave the US.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/politics/trump-legal-immigration-coronavirus/index.html

[BannonsLiver]

1. Of course he is

Then again, I don’t know why anyone would want to come here anyway right now.

400 million guns

Police violence

Nativist lunatics around every corner

A Petri dish of virus

An economy in the tank

If I had a time machine I’d tell my ancestors to stay where they were.