Opinion: The Trump administration’s ‘public charge’ rule and Covid-19: bad policy at the worst time
As Covid-19 sweeps across the country, many immigrant communities are being hit hard by the pandemic. Latino individuals are four times more likely to be infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, than non-Latino white individuals. Asian immigrant communities across the U.S. have also been hit hard by the pandemic.
Insights into why immigrants are at increased risk of contracting the virus can be gleaned from the hardships faced in places like Chelsea, Mass., and the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
