{"id":25240,"date":"2021-11-30T16:17:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T21:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=25240"},"modified":"2021-11-30T16:17:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T21:17:43","slug":"biden-travel-ban-hypocrisy-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/11\/30\/biden-travel-ban-hypocrisy-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Imposes Travel Ban on 8 African Nations While Southern Border Remains in Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On November 26, President Joe Biden imposed a travel ban<\/a> on eight nations in southern Africa \u2013 Botswana, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, (the Republic of) South Africa, and Zimbabwe \u2013 in response to the newly emerging Omicron variant of COVID-19. The travel ban went into effect on November 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the symptoms of the Omicron variant appear to be mild compared to other COVID-19 variants, experts<\/a> \u201ccautioned that there is too little data to draw any conclusions yet. Their bigger concern, they said, is how quickly the omicron variant, with its high number of mutations, might spread and how it will match up against vaccines.\u201d And, according to Canadian officials, the Omicron variant has already reached<\/a> North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, to keep it from spreading further, the new travel ban is objectively a good move, in spite of criticism from such quarters as the president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa<\/a>, who is worried primarily about the economic fallout for his region. Many countries<\/a> throughout the world \u2013 including Israel (the first country to do so), Canada, and Japan \u2013 have implemented Omicron travel bans, much to the displeasure of United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres<\/a>. Of course, anything that gets in the way of open borders, mass migration, and globalism makes UN bureaucrats lose sleep, so Guterres\u2019 reaction is predictable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Biden\nadministration\u2019s travel ban is a case of even a broken clock being right twice\na day, there are three additional points to remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To begin with, the travel ban should have gone into effect immediately for maximum effect (although, admittedly, that would have inconvenienced some travelers). Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) pointed out<\/a> that \u201c[w]hat President Biden did over the weekend is a typical half-measure that reflects the incompetence of this administration. If you want to implement a travel ban, it needs to go into effect immediately. That\u2019s what most European nations did that implemented that travel ban.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, it is encouraging that Team Biden is finally grasping the wisdom of travel restrictions to neutralize the spread of COVID-19. Even so, we ought to keep in mind that, during the 2020 presidential campaign, then Democratic candidate Biden harshly, unfairly, and dishonestly attacked<\/a> President Trump\u2019s COVID-19-related travel bans, claiming that they were merely a cover for racism, xenophobia, and restricting the immigration of people of color. Many on the left seem to believe that their consciences are pure and that ulterior motives allegedly hiding behind health-related travel restrictions only apply to their right-of-center opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last, but perhaps most important, is the reality that the efficacy of travel bans is seriously undermined by an unsecured southern border and historically record-breaking<\/a> illegal migration<\/a>. In a recent Fox News opinion<\/a> piece, former Utah congressman, Jason Chaffetz, called the travel ban, along with a vaccine mandate for legal essential border crossers, \u201clittle more than political theater\u201d because \u201c[u]nder current Biden administration policies, migrants detained at the southern border are only being tested for COVID if they exhibit symptoms. There is no vaccine requirement for them.\u201d Indeed, an untold number of illegal aliens with COVID-19<\/a> have entered the U.S. thanks to Joe Biden\u2019s reckless and irresponsible border policies. In essence, Biden is closing the front door to keep the house warm during winter, but simultaneously leaving the back door wide open, thereby defeating the whole purpose of shutting the front entrance to begin with. To the average American, that surely doesn\u2019t make much sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On November 26, President Joe Biden imposed a travel ban on eight nations in southern Africa \u2013 Botswana, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, (the Republic of) South Africa, and Zimbabwe \u2013 in response to the newly emerging Omicron variant of COVID-19. The travel ban went into effect on November 29. Although the symptoms<\/p>\n

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