The Trump administration has already used the coronavirus pandemic to stop immigration processes in the country, including stopping naturalization ceremonies and turning away asylum-seekers at the southern U.S. border with Mexico.indefinitely amid the spread of the virus and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices have been closed.
Last month, the U.S. also announced a halt in the processing of undocumented migrants at the southern border, turning people away and returning them to their home countries —— rather than bringing them into detention centers to process their claims. Trump has repeatedly touted what he called a “ban” on travel from China, the initial epicenter of the outbreak, in late January — though this had exceptions for residents of Hong Kong and other areas and U.S. citizens and permanent residents, allowing in tens of thousands of people on flights for weeks. The White House later