April 28, 2020

By Brooke Anderson, The New Arab

With much of the world’s movement, including international travel, ground to a halt amid the global Covid-19 pandemic, it might seem like an odd time to impose an immigration ban.

That didn’t stop US President Donald Trump from tweeting last week that there would be a ban on immigrants, using the health crisis and the high level of unemployment as a pretext. …

“We’re seeing more scrutiny. There’s a higher bar for immigration, which is confusing for applicants. They don’t understand the requirements,” Farida Chehata, Immigrants’ Rights Managing Attorney for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in California, told The New Arab.

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