Will empathy for immigrants survive COVID-19?

Nolan Rappaport for the Hill considers an immigration doomsday scenario:  “if there’s a major coronavirus epidemic in the United States, President Donald Trump will do whatever he can to prevent infected aliens from entering the country and to remove the ones who are already here. . . . Surprisingly, he may find it easier than some of his other immigration control attempts, assuming that COVID-19 deaths across the country begin to rise.”

And it gets gloomier:  “I do not think concern for the welfare of undocumented immigrants is going to be as important as self-preservation if people all over the country start dying.”

Let’s all take a collective deep breath!

KJ