The San Francisco Chronicle reports on the impact of the administration’s executive order to suspend some immigration on immigrant survivors. The article quotes Morgan Weibel, Executive Director of Tahirih SF Bay Area, on how many advocates believe the measure provokes more xenophobia.
Weibel shares,
Any sort of restrictive move which scapegoats immigrants for economic hardship that we’re all facing right now in this pandemic is only going to exacerbate that climate of fear amongst the immigrant population,
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