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Trump Banning Immigration, Oil's Historic Low & "How Can I Help?"- Tuesday, April 21st, 2020

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Tuesday, April 21st, 2020!

What to know today about President Trump's plan to ban immigration, why some states are randomly testing people for COVID-19, and a new CDC warning about cleaning products.

Plus, the most popular Google searches right now, and the newest docu-series everyone's watching.

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!

Head to www.TheNewsWorthy.com under the section titled 'Episodes' to read more about any of the stories mentioned or see sources below...

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Sources:

Trump Suspending Immigration: Twitter, Politico, WSJ

Border Restrictions Extended: NPR, The Hill

Case Count: Johns Hopkins

Southern States Start Reopening: NY Times, CNN

More Testing Conflict: AP, LA Times, Twitter, YouTube

Antibody Tests Hint at Higher Infection Rate: LA Times, CNBC, CNN

New York Begins Antibody Testing: NBC New York, Politico, NY Gov

Ohio Prison HotSpot: NPR, NY Times

Oil Prices Crash: CNBC, Business Insider, FOX Business

Top Google Searches: Washington Post, Google Trends

Rise in Poisonings: The Hill, CNBC, CDC

New Uber Delivery Service: VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Press Release

Facebook Gaming: Mashable, Engadget, NYT

Warner Bros Delays Releases: AP, FOX News

Jordan Documentary a Hit: Variety, Forbes, Hollywood Reporter, Press Release

Talk to Me Tuesday - Reduced Lung Capacity? Johns Hopkins Medicine, Business Insider / South China Morning Post, AARC.org

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Tuesday, April 21st.

0:02.0

What to know today about President Trump's plan to ban immigration,

0:05.0

why some states are randomly testing people for COVID-19,

0:08.0

and a new CDC warning about cleaning products.

0:11.0

Plus the most popular Google searches right now,

0:14.1

and it's not Tiger King, the new docu series everyone seems to be watching.

0:20.4

Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy.

0:22.3

All the days news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go.

0:27.0

I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this.

0:40.0

President Trump says he'll temporarily suspend all immigration into the United States. He tweeted his plans last night saying he'll sign an executive order to make it happen.

0:44.0

Trump says it's in response to what he called the invisible enemy.

0:47.0

Of course he's talking about the new coronavirus,

0:49.0

and he says he's doing it specifically to protect American jobs because of the pandemic's impact on the economy.

0:55.2

At this point, it's still not clear when or how the policy would be carried out.

0:59.2

For now, administration officials told the Wall Street Journal, this order won't make big changes to U.S. policy,

1:04.4

meaning it likely won't address the removal of any immigrants already in the U.S.

1:08.2

And as far as new immigration goes, the Trump administration has already made

1:11.7

immigration nearly impossible in recent weeks.

1:14.0

Most visa processing has stopped.

1:16.0

Citizenship ceremonies have been postponed, and the refugee program was paused.

1:20.0

Migrants caught crossing the US-Mexico border are now immediately sent back.

1:24.3

Critics say Trump is just taking advantage of this pandemic to push his own anti-immigrant

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