Donald Trump Signing An Executive Order To Temporarily Stop Immigration Into The United States, While He Pursues Investigations On The Origin Of COVID-19 Outbreak In China

President Donald Trump of the United  States of America stated his interest to send a team to China to investigate the start of the coronavirus outbreak which had killed more that 40,000 Americans, despite the shut down with increasingly unpopular stay-at-home orders, but without any success.

“We’re talking to China. We spoke to them a long time ago about going in. We want to go in; we want to see what’s going on,” President Trump told reporters at the daily briefing by the White House task force on the coronavirus outbreak. “And we weren’t exactly invited, I can tell you that.” he added.

Trump has escalated calls in recent days for increased scrutiny of China’s version of the start of the outbreak; from a wet market in Wuhan, as China has claimed and maintained to the true magnitude of its outbreak, which is suspected to be grossly under-reported.

Global news reports has it that the outbreak may have started at a virology lab in Wuhan. However, there has been no official validation or denial of the news. Some news outlets such as Fox News has reported that US intelligence is investigating this version of the origin of the outbreak and expected to give the president a report in due course.

US toll of coronavirus fatalities went up by 1,997 to 40,683 Monday morning and the number of confirmed infections by 26,889 to 759,786. New York state accounted for nearly half the deaths as the continuing epicenter of the American outbreak with 18,298; 14,451 in New York city alone.

The numbers of hospitalized patients have however dropped in the state, as pandemic prone regions such as New Jersey, Michigan, Louisiana and Illinois have shown signs of improvements which has given authorities the confidence to start reopening the country, and lifting stay-at-home orders, that are being protested across the country.

Stay-at-home protests took place Sunday in Florida, Colorado, Illinois, Tennessee and Washington, following up similar protest in Maryland, New York, Michigan, California, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Utah and Virginia. They are demanding the removal of restrictions.

Trump has backed them and there is a growing consensus around reopening the country. Most states agree, but insist they must be careful otherwise there could be a resurgence of cases.

State Governors have sought more testing kits for an enhanced surveillance system before they begin easing restrictions and have sought federal government’s help, triggering a clash with the president, who have insisted it is states’ duty to ensure sufficient testing kits, and has called for Governors to do their part.

“To say that the governors have plenty of testing and they should just get to work on testing, somehow we aren’t doing our job, is just absolutely false,” Larry Hogan, the Republican Governor of Maryland and chair of the Governor’s association, said to CNN on Sunday.

Trump has not backed out of the ongoing confrontation, but has said he will help them.

While in another development, President Donald Trump via his Twitter handle have stated that he intends to temporarily stop immigration into the US.

In his words;

“In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!”

While some commentators have commended this move and believes he have such constitutional rights to do some, some believe the act may likely draw legal challenges.

According to @Jenniferfranconews;

“#BREAKING: President Trump says he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic, a move that is likely to draw legal challenges.”

While, @kevinCorcoran77 is among others is of the opinion that;

“He has the constitutional right to do so and there should be no challenge and any challenge should immediately be thrown out.”

 

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