This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Trump administration on Monday issued guidelines that urge caution in reopening the nation’s nursing homes, recommending that the facilities — battered by the novel coronavirus — relax restrictions more slowly than the communities around them.The guidelines urge state and local officials to refrain from allowing virtually all visitors into nursing homes or other senior care facilities until several conditions are met. They include making sure a nursing home has no new cases of covid-19, the disease caused by the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Trump administration on Monday issued guidelines that urge caution in reopening the nation’s nursing homes, recommending that the facilities — battered by the novel coronavirus — relax restrictions more slowly than the communities around them.The guidelines urge state and local officials to refrain from allowing virtually all visitors into nursing homes or other senior care facilities until several conditions are met. They include making sure a nursing home has no new cases of covid-19, the disease caused by the...WW…

This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareKIRKLAND, Wash. — Half a mile from the nursing home where the coronavirus first ran rampant here, the Gardens at Juanita Bay senior home received troubling news this week. A resident had tested positive for the virus. Managers urged residents on Monday to stay in their rooms. Meals would be delivered.On Tuesday morning a pipe-smoking resident rolled his motorized wheelchair down one of the compound’s paved, tree-shaded paths. He said he did not believe covid-19 was there, and that restrictions were “overblown.”“They’re...…This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareKIRKLAND, Wash. — Half a mile from the nursing home where the coronavirus first ran rampant here, the Gardens at Juanita Bay senior home received troubling news this week. A resident had tested positive for the virus. Managers urged residents on Monday to stay in their rooms. Meals would be delivered.On Tuesday morning a pipe-smoking resident rolled his motorized wheelchair down one of the compound’s paved, tree-shaded paths. He said he did not believe covid-19 was there, and that restrictions were “overblown.”“They’re...WW…

National Black people — many of them immigrants — make up less than 2 percent of Maine’s population but almost a quarter of its coronavirus cases Black people — many of them immigrants — make up less than 2 percent of Maine’s population but almost a quarter of its coronavirus cases Maine does not collect data for immigrants, following federal guidelines, but officials said contact tracing showed that many of those affected are immigrants or their children. The population of Lewiston, shown here, includes refugees. By WESTBROOK, Maine — Workers at a red-brick factory called American Roots...…National Black people — many of them immigrants — make up less than 2 percent of Maine’s population but almost a quarter of its coronavirus cases Black people — many of them immigrants — make up less than 2 percent of Maine’s population but almost a quarter of its coronavirus cases Maine does not collect data for immigrants, following federal guidelines, but officials said contact tracing showed that many of those affected are immigrants or their children. The population of Lewiston, shown here, includes refugees. By WESTBROOK, Maine — Workers at a red-brick factory called American Roots...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMore than 140 nursing homes in the United States have at least one resident who tested positive for the coronavirus, according to federal government figures released earlier this week, but exactly which homes are affected and where they are, federal officials won’t say.Their refusal to release the information has angered families, industry watchdogs and emergency personnel who say it deprives them of critical information as they try to ensure the safety of nursing home residents, who are among the most vulnerable to the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMore than 140 nursing homes in the United States have at least one resident who tested positive for the coronavirus, according to federal government figures released earlier this week, but exactly which homes are affected and where they are, federal officials won’t say.Their refusal to release the information has angered families, industry watchdogs and emergency personnel who say it deprives them of critical information as they try to ensure the safety of nursing home residents, who are among the most vulnerable to the...WW…

This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareSEATTLE — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus rose to six on Monday, and patients were being treated in at least 15 states, deepening fears about the outbreak's rapid spread and the medical, psychological and economic toll it will exact on the United States.Four deaths announced Monday and two others this weekend all occurred in Washington state, the center of the nation’s most serious outbreak. Eight of the state’s 18 cases, as well as four of the deaths, are linked to the Life Care Center nursing home in Kirkland,...…This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareSEATTLE — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus rose to six on Monday, and patients were being treated in at least 15 states, deepening fears about the outbreak's rapid spread and the medical, psychological and economic toll it will exact on the United States.Four deaths announced Monday and two others this weekend all occurred in Washington state, the center of the nation’s most serious outbreak. Eight of the state’s 18 cases, as well as four of the deaths, are linked to the Life Care Center nursing home in Kirkland,...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoGift ShareThe Biden administration has ordered U.S. immigration enforcement agencies to stop using terms such as “alien,” “illegal alien” and “assimilation” when referring to immigrants in the United States, a rebuke of terms widely used under the Trump administration.The change was detailed in memos sent Monday to department heads at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, the nation’s chief enforcers of federal immigration laws, according to copies obtained by The Washington Post. It is part of an ongoing...…This article was published more than 1 year agoGift ShareThe Biden administration has ordered U.S. immigration enforcement agencies to stop using terms such as “alien,” “illegal alien” and “assimilation” when referring to immigrants in the United States, a rebuke of terms widely used under the Trump administration.The change was detailed in memos sent Monday to department heads at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, the nation’s chief enforcers of federal immigration laws, according to copies obtained by The Washington Post. It is part of an ongoing...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift SharePresident Biden is preparing to nominate Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus to be commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, selecting a critic of the Trump administration’s immigration policies to run the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency as it contends with the biggest increase in migrants arriving at the southwest border in two decades.Magnus has led the Tucson police department since 2016 and has prominently associated himself with the movement favored by the progressive wing of the Democratic...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift SharePresident Biden is preparing to nominate Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus to be commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, selecting a critic of the Trump administration’s immigration policies to run the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency as it contends with the biggest increase in migrants arriving at the southwest border in two decades.Magnus has led the Tucson police department since 2016 and has prominently associated himself with the movement favored by the progressive wing of the Democratic...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareThe Biden administration’s attention along the Mexico border has been consumed for the past several weeks by the record numbers of migrant teenagers and children crossing into the United States without their parents, at a rate that far to care for them.But as they race to add shelter capacity for these minors, Department of Homeland Security officials are privately warning about what they see as the next phase of a migration surge that could be the largest in two decades, driven by a much greater number of families.DHS...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareThe Biden administration’s attention along the Mexico border has been consumed for the past several weeks by the record numbers of migrant teenagers and children crossing into the United States without their parents, at a rate that far to care for them.But as they race to add shelter capacity for these minors, Department of Homeland Security officials are privately warning about what they see as the next phase of a migration surge that could be the largest in two decades, driven by a much greater number of families.DHS...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareSAN DIEGO — The asylum seeker from Cameroon exited the van that had taken him from federal immigration detention to a bus station in the California border city of Calexico. Volunteers were waiting to pick him up, drive him to a hotel and help him book a plane ticket to join a sister living in Michigan. But the man held up his hands instead."Stand back," he said, disclosing that he had been diagnosed with covid-19.The next day, advocates for immigrants said, it happened again when Immigration and Customs Enforcement dropped off a...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareSAN DIEGO — The asylum seeker from Cameroon exited the van that had taken him from federal immigration detention to a bus station in the California border city of Calexico. Volunteers were waiting to pick him up, drive him to a hotel and help him book a plane ticket to join a sister living in Michigan. But the man held up his hands instead."Stand back," he said, disclosing that he had been diagnosed with covid-19.The next day, advocates for immigrants said, it happened again when Immigration and Customs Enforcement dropped off a...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Biden’s orders to rein in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement led to a sharp drop in arrests by the agency last month, even though a federal judge in Texas has blocked the new administration’s 100-day “pause” on deportations.The number of immigrants taken into custody by ICE officers fell more than 60 percent in February compared with the last three months of the Trump administration, according to data reviewed by The Washington Post. Deportations fell by nearly the same amount, ICE statistics show.The...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Biden’s orders to rein in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement led to a sharp drop in arrests by the agency last month, even though a federal judge in Texas has blocked the new administration’s 100-day “pause” on deportations.The number of immigrants taken into custody by ICE officers fell more than 60 percent in February compared with the last three months of the Trump administration, according to data reviewed by The Washington Post. Deportations fell by nearly the same amount, ICE statistics show.The...WW…