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Although he declared that he would \u201ctemporarily suspend immigration\u201d into the United States, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/proclamation-suspending-entry-immigrants-present-risk-u-s-labor-market-economic-recovery-following-covid-19-outbreak\/\u0022\u003Eactual order\u003C\/a\u003E suspends issuance for 60 days a subset of green cards (officially, a permanent resident card): some employer-based green cards and some family-member green card applications, all from outside the United States. And as multiple media outlets have pointed out, the US Department of State, which issues visas overseas, has already nearly suspended operations due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. It\u2019s not clear how many people this order will actually affect, at least for now.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EUnfortunately, this doesn\u2019t mean we can dismiss the latest Trump executive order as harmless.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe order separates families for no rational reason. The children of lawful permanent residents or the elderly parents of US citizens are hardly competing for American jobs. But as long as this order is in effect, green card holders will not be able to bring their children or spouses to the United States and US citizens will not be able to bring their parents, adult children, or siblings.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe order is the latest in a series of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2017\/03\/09\/trumps-revised-travel-ban-still-mired-prejudice\u0022\u003Eexecutive orders\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/07\/02\/us-asylum-seekers-returned-uncertainty-danger-mexico\u0022\u003Epolicies\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/07\/16\/congress-should-condemn-trumps-racist-comments\u0022\u003Estatements\u003C\/a\u003E that paint immigrants as the \u201cenemy.\u201d And xenophobic, anti-immigrant policies and language are dangerous. They undermine the reality that \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/economy\/making-sense\/4-myths-about-how-immigrants-affect-the-u-s-economy\u0022\u003Eimmigrants boost the US economy\u003C\/a\u003E and are serving \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/04\/21\/us\/immigrants-coronavirus-frontlines\/index.html\u0022\u003Ein essential roles to keep this country healthy and safe\u003C\/a\u003E. They also fuel dangerous, racist actions, as seen by the recent rise of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/04\/17\/us-government-should-better-combat-anti-asian-racism\u0022\u003Ehate crimes against Asian Americans.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENor is the administration likely to keep this suspension \u201ctemporary.\u201d The first executive order \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/issues\/immigration-enforcement\/understanding-muslim-ban-one-year-after-ruling\/\u0022\u003Ebarring entry of people from seven Muslim-majority countries\u003C\/a\u003E was initially in effect for 90 days \u2013 three years later, the ban lives on. The March 24 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/04\/01\/human-rights-watch-letter-centers-disease-control-and-prevention-and-department\u0022\u003Eorder by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u003C\/a\u003E allowing officials to expel unauthorized migrants at land borders without screenings for asylum or other protections was originally in effect for 30 days but was just recently \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2020\/04\/21\/fact-sheet-dhs-measures-border-limit-further-spread-coronavirus\u0022\u003Eextended\u003C\/a\u003E for another 30. President Trump \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/stuartanderson\/2020\/04\/23\/new-trump-immigration-order-does-what-senate-rejected-in-2018\/#729bec5c1f10\u0022\u003Esought to limit legal immigration\u003C\/a\u003E in legislative proposals that Congress rejected. Now he\u2019s trying to implement his agenda through executive action.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe US immigration system has long needed reform \u2013 to protect families, to protect workers, to protect asylum seekers, and to protect due process. The Covid-19 pandemic has only made more apparent the crucial role immigrant workers play in the US economy, and how \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/09\/04\/us-meatpacking-workers-rights-under-threat\u0022\u003Edifficult\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/04\/19\/838195049\/meatpacking-plant-working-conditions-stoke-coronavirus-spread\u0022\u003Edangerous\u003C\/a\u003E work conditions can be for US citizens and immigrants, as made obvious by the outbreak in meatpacking plants across the US. 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