Supposedly diseases brought in - Trump wants to use this trick to close the borders

BILD Supposedly diseases brought in - Trump wants to use this trick to close the borders 11 hours • 2 minutes reading time The future US President Donald Trump (78) Donald Trump will take office as president in eight days. He has already announced that he will close the border with Mexico that day. However, it is not that easy. The Trump staff is therefore trying a trick: because migrants are supposedly bringing in diseases, the border must be closed to protect Americans. Problem: So far, the disease has not been identified. That is why Trump's advisers are feverishly searching for an illness, as the US newspaper "New York Times" reports, citing anonymous sources. Tuberculosis or other respiratory diseases are being discussed as possibilities in the advisory staff. Border guards are even said to have been asked what illnesses they see in migrants. ► The basis for the border closure would be "Title 42" of the Public Service Act of 1944. This authorizes the US health authorities to turn people away at the border in order to ward off a serious danger posed by diseases from abroad. Legal trick against migration Trump advisor Stephen Miller (39) had already tried to use the legal trick to limit immigration during his first term in office, but often failed due to resistance in the cabinet. It was only when Covid broke out that Miller was successful. US President Joe Biden (82) himself had stuck to the regulation until 2023 - despite resistance from the health authorities, who saw no basis for it. Racist stereotypes The new Trump plan would be a radical change: While Covid was still an acute emergency, racist stereotypes of migrants who supposedly carry many unknown diseases should now suffice. According to the "New York Times", Trump advisors believe that the population in the USA would approve of an aggressive border policy. Democrats, who, according to insiders, favor more restrictive safeguards, are providing additional optimism among Trumpists.