USCIS Office re-openings?

[SalishSea 16,806]

3 minutes ago, arken said:

Alerting the public and the government to be ready so we don’t become Italy in a few weeks is not a TDS in my opinion. 
 

In just a few weeks the cases have gone up from few hundreds to over 40K and people are still thinking media is hyping the impact.

Numbers have doubled in 72 hours.

[arken 4,197]

13 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Numbers have doubled in 72 hours.

Yep and with the increasing testing capacity, it goes up in an alarming rate for sure, will beat China in number of cases for sure. 
 

I just hope our government doesn’t make the same mistake Italy did.

[cd37 229]

2 hours ago, ourwildjourney said:

  It's so weird that the banks are open but not biometrics.   

Ofcourse keeping banks open is more important than immigration so people can take out cash if they need to.

[SalishSea 16,806]

1 hour ago, arken said:

Yep and with the increasing testing capacity, it goes up in an alarming rate for sure, will beat China in number of cases for sure. 
 

I just hope our government doesn’t make the same mistake Italy did.

Agreed.  I saw news footage of people in Spain laying on hospital floors.  

[soso723 57]

I believe all federal buildings that were shut down will reopen,  but everyone will have to obey by the sanitary rules. You just can not completely shut down the world's largest economy for this pandemic. Trump is right, the cure must not be worse than the disease. 

[Ontarkie 13,919]

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[ourwildjourney 103]

52 minutes ago, cd37 said:

Ofcourse keeping banks open is more important than immigration so people can take out cash if they need to.

I agree.  I did not word that well at all.  I am not saying any immigration offices SHOULD be open.  I am just wondering what will happen next Monday if the Trump administration wants things open and the Democratic-run states do not?  In that case, who controls what Federal offices do?  Fed vs. State?  It's kind of an academic question, really.  And it's so interesting that it is flipped on its head.  Historically, Republicans would be more pro-States' rights and Democrats would be more Federal.  Next Monday could be the start of the opposite dynamic.  

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29 minutes ago, Ontarkie said:

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Good point!

[N400NYC 380]

2 hours ago, soso723 said:

You just can not completely shut down the world's largest economy for this pandemic. Trump is right, the cure must not be worse than the disease. 

(1) An uncontained PANDEMIC would cause so much morbidity and mortality that the economy would virtually be destroyed anyway. It is far more logical and rational to deal with the pandemic head on and experience short-term economic hardship than deny it's happening and end up experience long-term economic damage.

 

(2) Actually, he's just thinking about his own business and political priorities, and not the well-being of the general public. 

[Steeleballz 7,550]

 

  

2 hours ago, ourwildjourney said:

I agree.  I did not word that well at all.  I am not saying any immigration offices SHOULD be open.  I am just wondering what will happen next Monday if the Trump administration wants things open and the Democratic-run states do not?  In that case, who controls what Federal offices do?  Fed vs. State?  It's kind of an academic question, really.  And it's so interesting that it is flipped on its head.  Historically, Republicans would be more pro-States' rights and Democrats would be more Federal.  Next Monday could be the start of the opposite dynamic.  

 

   Governors in states that have declared emergency powers and are restricting non-essential workers have the absolute authority to determine who is essential and who is not. 

[Binbin22 232]

6 hours ago, WandY said:

The media is hyping the impact of the virus, for obvious reasons. Nothing else they've tried (against Trump) has worked. Our president is doing an excellent job handling the situation. Sounds like you caught a case of TDS.

How dear u say such a thing of the media hyping thing up that’s not true.. u sit at home comfy and make such a statement.. I work 16 hour days without lunch break As an ICU nurse.. ppl r sooo sick without hospital beds.. PPE are running low..u r part of the problem.. things u don’t know about you should not speak off.. stop spreading misinformation 😡😡

[Binbin22 232]

6 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

As an RN on the front lines, and also at ground zero, I disagree.  Not interested in debating Trump's job performance with you.  Thanks.

From one RN to the other I couldn’t agree with u more.. am heading up to New York for two weeks to help out.. I don’t understand why ppl will make such statements without facts

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[N400NYC 380]

6 hours ago, WandY said:

Our president is doing an excellent job handling the situation. 

Yes those 15 cases went to zero in no time!!!! 

 

Meanwhile today - back in the real world -  >10,000 new diagnoses were confirmed in the USA - in one day.

 

What an amazing job the psychopath is doing! Things are going so well, he thinks we should even start thinking about relaxing all those annoying social distancing regulations - on the day 10,000 people were diagnosed with COVID19.

 

Thankfully I am now free to VOTE against this catastrophic disaster of a president in November. 

[cd37 229]

11 minutes ago, N400NYC said:

Yes those 15 cases went to zero in no time!!!! 

 

Meanwhile today - back in the real world -  >10,000 new diagnoses were confirmed in the USA - in one day.

 

What an amazing job the psychopath is doing! Things are going so well, he thinks we should even start thinking about relaxing all those annoying social distancing regulations - on the day 10,000 people were diagnosed with COVID19.

 

Thankfully I am now free to VOTE against this catastrophic disaster of a president in November. 

You have to put both sides here. How about governor and mayor. Main reson for this situation in NY is mass transportation and people not followin stay at home orders. Why subway is still running ? You have to contain the virus and treat people similtaneously. A subway worker covid positive was working cleaning the trains. So dont blame one side. If you dont like your president, its your choice but be fair and discuss both sides.