| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Type |
| Justine Coleman |
Rep. Gosar defends calling coronavirus 'Wuhan virus' after criticism |
The Hill (3/9/2020) |
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) defended calling the coronavirus the Wuhan virus when announcing his self-quarantine after critics accused him of racism and xenophobia. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Ariane Frosh |
REPRODUCING EQUALITY: HOW COVID-19 CAN STRENGTHEN ABORTION RIGHTS |
68 UCLA Law Review Discourse 80 (2020) (Abstract on Racism.org) (9/9/2020) |
States hostile to reproductive freedom have weaponized the COVID-19 pandemic to ban abortion in the name of public safety. Relying on heightened power the state typically exercises during an emergency, it can capitalize on public panic to achieve its policy goals. By laying bare the racial inequities of our healthcare systems and the opportunistic... |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Joseph Maya, et. Al. |
Responsibilities and Rights of Employers and Employees During the Covid-19 Pandemic |
Labor Law Journal J. 7366407 (12/1/2020) |
JOSEPH MAYA, JULIA AUDIBERT, ZACHARY SIPALA, CAROLINE VANDIS, CALVIN CARSON, AND EMILY PRUDENTE, MAYA MURPHY P.C. ©2020 BY JOSEPH MAYA, JULIA AUDIBERT, ZACHARY SIPALA, CAROLINE VANDIS, CALVIN CARSON, AND EMILY PRUDENTE, MAYA MURPHY P.C. By Joseph Maya, Julia Audibert, Zachary Sipala, Caroline Vandis, Calvin Carson, and Emily Prudente, Maya... |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources |
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Sample Resolutions, Proclamations, or Orders Declaring Racism a Public Health Crisis |
-2020 |
A set of sample resolutions, proclamations, or orders declaring racism to be a public health crisis. This Checklist includes various resolutions, proclamations, or orders proposed or passed by local governments or state agencies |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Zack Budryk |
Senate Dems press DOJ over coronavirus safety precautions in juvenile detention centers |
The Hill (5/27/2020) |
Thirteen Democratic senators, led by Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), on Tuesday, wrote a letter asking the Justice Department for details on what precautions are being taken against the coronavirus in juvenile detention centers. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Jordain Carney |
Senate GOP expects vote on third coronavirus package next week |
The Hill (3/18/2020) |
Senate Republicans say they expect to vote next week on the third coronavirus funding package as they race to negotiate and draft the bill. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Senate panel grills housing regulators on racial bias, pandemic |
2020 WL 3069623 (6/10/2020) |
The Senate Banking Committee channeled the nation's concerns about racial disparities and COVID-19 into an oversight hearing with federal housing regulators Tuesday. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Daniela Tenjido |
Shut up and Dribble: the Racial Subordination of the Black Professional Athlete |
33 St. Saint Thomas Law Review 27 (Fall, 2020) (2020) |
Most popular sports in the U.S. today are dominated by Black athletes. The professional Black athlete today has opportunities that the majority of his non-athlete counterparts do not. Judging objectively, professional Black athletes made it. Lucrative lifestyles and international fame, however, has come at a high price in recent years. In the era... |
2020 |
Law Reviews and Other Secondary Sources |
| Victoria Bethel |
State Medicaid Reimbursement for Remote Patient Monitoring and Interactive Communication Will Help Reduce Health Care Gap among Black and White People with Preexisting Conditions That Put Them at Increased Risk of Severe Illness from Covid-19 |
30 Annals Annals of Health Law Advance Directive 129 (Fall, 2020) (2020) |
In the United States, black people with preexisting conditions are disproportionately facing the COVID-19 death sentence. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of August 2020, black people have a 2.6 times higher contraction rate, 4.7 times higher hospitalization rate, and 2.1 times higher death rate from COVID-19 than... |
2020 |
Law Reviews and Other Secondary Sources |
| Pamela Wolf, J.D. |
STATE REGULATIONS-MARYLAND-COALITION PRESSES GOVERNOR TO MANDATE TEMPORARY STANDARD TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM COVID-19 |
Wolters Kluwer Employment Law Daily (9/1/2020) |
The organizations argue that an emergency temporary standard is necessary given the absence of an infectious disease standard and the state OSHA's failure so far to act. A coalition of worker rights and anti-poverty groups, faith leaders, environmental organizations, and public health professionals is calling on Republican Governor Larry Hogan to; |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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STATEMENT BY SECRETARY STEVEN T. MNUCHIN ON THE PROVISION OF CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND DOLLARS TO NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES |
Treas. SM-1029 (6/12/2020) |
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2020 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
| Adrian Slipski |
STAYING HEALTHY IN A PANDEMIC: HOW THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY HAS STRENGTHENED BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE FOR CALIFORNIA'S VULNERABLE POPULATIONS |
68 UCLA Law Review Discourse 176 (2020) (Abstract on Racism.org) (9/9/2020) |
COVID-19 has completely refashioned our healthcare landscape and day-to-day lives. During the pandemic, we have all transitioned to a new normal which includes remote work, navigating health insurance options after losing employment or becoming underemployed, and partaking in cautious outings outside of our homes equipped with face masks, gloves, ... |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Dayna Bowen Matthew |
STRUCTURAL INEQUALITY: THE REAL COVID-19 THREAT TO AMERICA'S HEALTH AND HOW STRENGTHENING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT CAN HELP |
108 Georgetown Law Journal 1679 (May, 2020) (5/1/2020) |
C1-3Table of Contents L1-2Introduction . L31679 I. A Brief Overview of Equal Protection Jurisprudence. 1689 a. equal protection in theory. 1690 b. unequal protection in practice. 1693 II. How Legal Inequality Affects Health Inequity. 1697 a. unequal protection from housing discrimination. 1698 b. unequal protection from pollution. 1702 c. unequal; |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| J. Edward Moreno |
Surgeon general says African Americans are at 'higher risk' for coronavirus |
The Hill (4/7/2020) |
Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Tuesday said African Americans are at a higher risk during the coronavirus pandemic as numbers revealing a disparity in cases and deaths are beginning to emerge from states. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Catherine Powell , Camille Gear Rich |
THE "WELFARE QUEEN" GOES TO THE POLLS: RACE-BASED FRACTURES IN GENDER POLITICS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERSECTIONAL COALITIONS |
108 Georgetown Law Journal 105 (June, 2020) (6/1/2020) |
C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 108 I. The Welfare Queen Goes to the Polls. 115 A. ORIGINS OF THE WELFARE QUEEN. 115 B. THE WELFARE QUEEN AT THE POLLS. 121 C. DISCURSIVE GOALS: THE WELFARE QUEEN AS A THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. 125 1. The Right to Vote as a Scarce Resource. 126 2. Individual Malfeasance Versus Institutional Wrongdoing. 127 3; |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Karishma Shah Page , Victoria K. Hamscho |
THE 2020 ELECTION AND THE HEALTH POLICY LANDSCAPE POST-COVID-19 |
22 No. 4 Journal of Health Care Compliance 31 (7/15/2020) |
The COVID-19 pandemic is poised to shape the health policy landscape as the country continues to grapple with the unprecedented health and economic impact of the pandemic. With the 2020 election only a few months away, the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the differences and potential impact of the policy priorities of not only President Donald; Feature THE 2020 ELECTION AND THE HEALTH POLICY LANDSCAPE POST- COVID- 19 Karishma Shah Page [FNa1] Victoria K. Hamscho [FNa2] Copyright © 2020; to play a central role in the 2020 election. The COVID- 19 pandemic has amplified the differences and potential impact of the; and policymakers on Capitol Hill, some of whom face competitive races this fall. Since late March, Congress has passed four coronavirus; |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Dana R. Hermanson, et. Al. |
THE 2020/COVID-19 ENVIRONMENT AND INTERNAL AUDIT |
Warren Gorham & Lamont (8/17/2020) |
This article discusses key issues for internal auditors to consider during this unprecedented time, points internal auditors to resources that may be helpful in dealing with these issues, and poses questions to consider. Imagine that someone had asked you in early 2020: How would your organization respond if we were in a global pandemic, the; |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE IS STILL IN PHASE 3 OF ITS COVID-19 ORDERS |
(6/19/2020) |
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2020 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
| Mary Price |
The Compassionate Release Clearinghouse, Covid-19, and the Future of Criminal Justice |
35-FALL Criminal Justice 37 (Fall, 2020) (12/1/2020) |
This story is about compassionate release, COVID-19, and one effort to raise a pro bono army to release vulnerable prisoners. It is also about how the effort to free these prisoners has revealed deep fissures in our criminal justice system. This story is, above all, about what must be done to rescue the people who have fallen into these fissures... |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources |
| Dorit Rubinstein Reiss |
The Covid-19 Vaccine Dilemma |
6 ALR Accord 49 (6-Dec-20) (12/6/2020) |
COVID-19 continues to lead to large numbers of deaths, harms, and financial costs. Without an effective vaccine, those will continue. The pressure to find a vaccine is high; and that pressure places a risk on the safeguards in place to assure that vaccines are safe and effective will be ignored. The United States has an extensive apparatus to... |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources |
| Christian Sundquist |
The Future of Law Schools: Covid-19, Technology, and Social Justice |
53 Connecticut Law Review Online 1 (December, 2020) (12/1/2020) |
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare not only the social and racial inequities in society, but also the pedagogical and access to justice inequities embedded in the traditional legal curriculum. The need to re-envision the future of legal education existed well before the current pandemic, spurred by the shifting nature of legal practice as well as... |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources |
| Raleigh D. Kalbfleisch |
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Legal Services |
33 DCBA Brief 14 (December, 2020) (12/1/2020) |
On March 13, 2020, the White House issued a Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak, known as SARS-CoV-2 (the virus). The COVID-19 pandemic has taken all nations on the planet by surprise and continues to drive the quest for efficient and effective remedies, both scientific and... |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources |
| Niall Stanage |
The Memo: Political world grapples with long coronavirus shutdown |
The Hill (3/31/2020) |
Americans are coming to grips with the fact that there will be no quick end to the coronavirus crisis a realization that will shake up the 2020 presidential race in profound ways. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Niall Stanage |
The Memo: Trump's coronavirus briefings face criticism |
The Hill (3/24/2020) |
President Trumps daily press briefings on the coronavirus are facing a backlash from critics who say they are hindering rather than helping the nations efforts to combat the pandemic. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Niall Stanage |
The Memo: Trump's race tactics fall flat |
The Hill (7/7/2020) |
President Trump waded anew into racial controversy on Monday, criticizing NASCAR for banning the Confederate flag at its events. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Jeff Thaler |
The next Surges Are Here: What Can American Governments Lawfully Do in Response to the Ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic? |
42 Mitchell Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice 165 (Fall, 2020) (2020) |
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana The choice is not between order and liberty. It is between liberty with order and anarchy without either. There is danger that, if the Court does not temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a... |
2020 |
Law Reviews and Other Secondary Sources |
| Matthew Rimmer |
The Race to Patent the SARS Virus: The TRIPS Agreement and Access to Essential Medicines |
5 Melbourne Journal of International Law 335 (2020) (2020) |
This article considers the race to sequence the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus (the SARS virus') in light of the debate over patent law and access to essential medicines. Part II evaluates the claims of public research institutions in Canada, the United States, and Hong Kong, and commercial companies, to patent rights in respect of the; |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Naomi Seiler, Anya Vanecek, Claire Heyison, Katherine Horton |
THE RISKS OF CRIMINALIZING COVID-19 EXPOSURE: LESSONS FROM HIV |
24 Human Rights Brief 5 (Summer, 2020) (9/14/2020) |
Introduction. 7 I. Background: A History of HIV Criminalization in the United States. 8 II. Analysis. 10 A. COVID-19 Criminalization Would Have Inequitable Impacts. 10 B. Prosecuting COVID-19 Exposure Absent Intent to Transmit Risks Broad Criminalization. 12 C. Potential Affirmative Defenses Are Not Equitably Available. 13 D. Criminalization May... |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Paul C. Farr , et. Al. |
THE UTAH COURTS' RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
33-DEC Utah B.J. 21, Utah Bar Journal (11/30/2020) |
On March 11, 2020, the regular season basketball game between the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder was cancelled, right at tipoff, as it was announced that a player, later determined to be Rudy Gobert, had tested positive for COVID-19. The following day the National Basketball Association, which had over $8.7 billion in revenue in 2019, ... |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Nathaniel Weixel |
Tillis appears to reinforce question about COVID-19 death toll |
The Hill (9/24/2020) |
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Thursday appeared to reinforce doubts about the total number of Americans who have died from COVID-19 after a woman called into a virtual town hall saying many of the fatalities include deaths from things like heart attacks and slip and falls."" |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| H. Timothy Lovelace Jr. |
To Restore the Soul of America: How Domestic Anti-racism Might Fuel Global Anti-racism |
115 AJIL Unbound 63 (2021) (2020) |
On November 7, 2020, President Joe Biden proclaimed that his administration would restore the soul of America. He declared that U.S. voters had given him a mandate to achieve racial justice and root out systemic racism in this country, and that he plans to use the nation's restored moral leadership to create international consensus around U.S.... |
2020 |
Law Reviews and Other Secondary Sources |
| Gopal Ratnam, CQ Roll Call |
Top brands help spread COVID-19 disinformation, report says |
CQ Roll Call Washington Data Privacy Briefing (7/15/2020) |
The world's top brands ranging from well-known cosmetic names and computer makers to healthcare and technology companies are unwittingly funneling their advertising dollars to websites that traffic in COVID-19 disinformation, according to a study released July 8; ; Top brands help spread COVID- 19 disinformation, report says July 15, 2020 The world's top brands; the Global Disinformation Index. If you're an organization supporting the Asian- American community but you're on sites that call COVID- 19 as the 'Wuhan virus' then you can see how it; " |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Andrea Renda , Rosa Castro |
Towards Stronger EU Governance of Health Threats after the COVID-19 Pandemic |
11 European Journal of Risk Regulation 273 (June, 2020) (6/1/2020) |
In just a few months, COVID-19 - a disease caused by a novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 - appeared in China and quickly spread to the rest of the world, including Europe and the USA. With confirmed cases surpassing 1.2 million, reported deaths approaching 70, 000 and dramatic projections for the next months, many governments are now facing; |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Brett Samuels |
Trump acknowledged downplaying COVID-19 threat, says Woodward book |
The Hill (9/9/2020) |
Recordings of President Trump privately acknowledging he downplayed the coronaviruss threat to the nation put the White House on defense Wednesday, reinserting the pandemic as the central issue in the presidential race eight weeks before Election Day. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Morgan Chalfant |
Trump courts Hispanic voters in Florida amid tight race with Biden |
The Hill (9/25/2020) |
President Trump on Friday courted Hispanic voters in Florida, arguing he had delivered record-low unemployment for Hispanic Americans before the coronavirus pandemic and would do so again while attacking Joe Biden over the Democratic nominee's economic agenda. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Brett Samuels |
Trump expresses support for Asian Americans after repeatedly using term 'Chinese virus' |
The Hill (3/23/2020) |
President Trump on Monday expressed support for Asian Americans after repeatedly referring to the coronavirus as the Chinese virus" despite critics who say the term is racist and fosters discrimination." |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Sylvan Lane |
Trump pitches fair housing repeal to 'suburban housewife' with racist tropes |
The Hill (8/12/2020) |
President Trump on Wednesday claimed that his decision to scrap an Obama-era rule meant to quash racial discrimination would win the support of suburban women afraid of living near low-income housing projects, channeling decades of racist attacks on such developments; Trump pitches fair housing repeal to 'suburban housewife' with racist tropes August 12, 2020 President Trump on Wednesday claimed that; |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Tal Axelrod |
Trump rallies supporters at White House in first event since COVID-19 diagnosis |
The Hill (10/10/2020) |
President Trump rallied his supporters at the White House Saturday in the first public event hes held since he was diagnosed with COVID-19. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Morgan Chalfant and Brett Samuels |
Trump seeks to change race with final debate |
The Hill (10/22/2020) |
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2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Kyle Balluck |
Trump to announce 'breakthrough' coronavirus therapeutic, White House says |
The Hill (8/23/2020) |
President Trump is expected to announce on Sunday evening a major therapeutic breakthrough on the novel coronavirus, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted; ; Trump to announce 'breakthrough' coronavirus therapeutic, White House says August 23, 2020 President Trump is; pledged that the U.S. would not cut corners in its race to develop a coronavirus vaccine. "Let me assure you that we will not cut; " |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Trump uses coronavirus briefing to fire back at critics |
2020 WL 1852439 (4/13/2020) |
President Trump on Monday used the White House briefing room to lash out at critics of his response to the coronavirus outbreak, rattling off a litany of grievances about press coverage and airing a reel of cable news footage that portrayed his actions in a positive light. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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U.S. ATTORNEY SEEKS REPORTING OF DISCRIMINATION AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN HOUSING RESULTING FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
(5/8/2020) |
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2020 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
| Monika Batra Kashyap |
U.s. Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and the Racially Disparate Impacts of Covid-19 |
11 California Law Review Online 517 (November, 2020) (11/1/2020) |
This Essay contextualizes the racially disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 in the United States within a framework of settler colonialism in order to broaden the understanding of how structural inequality is produced, imposed, and maintained. A settler colonialism framework recognizes that the United States is a present-day settler colonial... |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources |
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Understanding Time to Exoneration: Race, Other Factors, and Why it Matters |
57 Criminal Law Bulletin 1 (2021) (2020) |
Lauren O'Neill Shermer earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from The University of Maryland, College Park. She is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of the Criminal Justice Department at Widener University in Chester, PA. Her research spans a wide range of topics, but most recently focuses on exonerations, eyewitness... |
2020 |
Law Reviews and Other Secondary Sources |
| Henry Kenyon, CQ Roll Call |
Warren bill would require collection of demographic data on coronavirus |
CQ Roll Call Insurance Briefing (4/17/2020) |
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., introduced bicameral legislation requiring the Health and Human Services Department to collect and report coronavirus demographic data, including the race and ethnicity of those afflicted. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Henry Kenyon, CQ Roll Call |
Warren bill would require HHS to collect COVID-19 demographic data |
CQ Roll Call Washington Data Privacy Briefing (4/16/2020) |
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., introduced bicameral legislation requiring the Health and Human Services Department to collect and report coronavirus demographic data, including the race and ethnicity of those afflicted. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Keith Lewis, CQ Roll Call |
Warren, Pressley question HHS over healthcare racial disparities |
CQ Roll Call Insurance Briefing (7/16/2020) |
Massachusetts Democrats Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna S. Pressley are asking the Health and Human Services Department to address racial disparities in COVID-19 infection and death rates, as well as in overall healthcare outcomes; ; Warren, Pressley question HHS over healthcare racial disparities July 16, 2020 Massachusetts Democrats Sen. Elizabeth Warren and; are asking the Health and Human Services Department to address racial disparities in COVID- 19 infection and death rates, as well as in overall healthcare; and Indigenous communities have been disproportionately infected and killed by COVID- 19 underscores that racism, discrimination, and bias are public health problems that the federal; as their white counterparts, they said. Without successfully addressing these racial disparities in health outcomes and health care access |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Christopher W. Adams |
What Is Nacdl Doing for You and Your Clients in Covid-19? |
44-NOV Champion 5 (November, 2020) (11/1/2020) |
This has been a severely challenging year for individuals, law offices, and bar organizations. Health concerns, death of loved ones, economic disruption, the necessary closure of most courts, work-from-home orders, and the like have created strains on us all. Unfortunately, these hardships may continue for some time, as it looks like the United... |
2020 |
Law Reviews and Other Secondary Sources |
| Morgan Chalfant |
White House defends Trump's use of term as not racist |
The Hill (6/22/2020) |
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany repeatedly defended President Trump for describing the coronavirus as the kung flu despite widespread criticism that it is racist. |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Pamela Wolf, J.D. |
WHITE HOUSE NEWS-CITING COVID-19, PRESIDENT TRUMP SUSPENDS ENTRY OF CERTAIN ALIENS FOR 60 DAYS |
Wolters Kluwer Employment Law Daily (4/23/2020) |
Many question the actual impact and true motivation for the suspension. On April 22, President Trump issued a proclamation suspending the entry of immigrants he deems to present a risk to the U.S. labor market as the country attempts to recover from the COVID-19 public health crisis. Among other things, Trump noted that with the behavior changes; |
2020 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |