The movement of workers between the U.S. and Canada continues despite new restrictions on the border, but protectionist flare-ups could jeopardize the back-and-forth of medical personnel and other essential employees
CORONAVIRUS NOT STOPPING FLOW OF U.S.-CANADA WORKERSU.S.-Canada relations may have flared in recent days over access to medical supplies, but both countries are readily exchanging health care and other workers across the border every day — for now.Border checkpoints that normally process hundreds of thousands of travelers a week have seen volumes plummet amid the pandemic, but U.S.
Berardi and Greg Boos, an immigration attorney in Bellingham, Wash., say CBP is processing applications for visas under NAFTA, namely TN and L-1 visas, as it normally would, with no requirement that they come to the U.S. for “essential” reasons. “There were calls to not allow workers,” said Dan Ujczo, an international trade lawyer who chairs the cross-border practice for the law firm Dickinson Wright. “That may be an area where we see issues down the road, where unfortunately we move into that protectionism where movement of people will become a tool.”Canada’s Border Services Agency reported Tuesday that the volume of travelers coming through land ports from the U.S.
“The Strategic National Stockpile is great as a fallback" that can be tapped after private-sector supplies and state and local government supplies are exhausted, said Greg Burel, who is now president and principal consultant at Hamilton Grace, a consulting firm focused on preparedness and response. “From what I've been seeing, and you've probably seen the same thing, it seems like almost from Day One, everybody's turned and looked at the SNS.
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