The ACLU today sued over the Trump administration's decision to block many migrants from entering the country — including those requesting asylum — during the outbreak.
the public health restrictions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention argued that limiting traffic across the land borders was necessary to protect federal agents who would have to process and house those migrants and anybody else those migrants encountered if they were released into the country.
"The public health risks of inaction are stark," CDC Director Robert Redfield wrote in his order."They include transmission and spread of COVID-19 to CBP personnel, U.S.
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