Miller is using pandemic to push agenda

The White House’s curbing of immigration to the U.S. in response to the COVID-19 pandemic “was in large part repurposed from old draft executive orders and policy discussions that have taken place repeatedly since Mr. Trump took office and have now gained new legitimacy,” the New York Times reported on May 3.

The story puts Miller’s efforts in a disturbing historical context. “The idea that immigrants carry infections into the country echoes a racist notion with a long history in the United States that associates minorities with disease.”