Dear John,

In case you missed it... this week the Voices for Human Needs blog asked how early is too early when it comes to opening back up for business? And we reported on the Trump Administration's shameful resumption of child immigrant deportations, under the cover of COVID-19. Finally, we unveiled CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, a by-the-numbers glance at how the pandemic is affecting low-income people. Please share!

This week on the blog...

Re-opening the U.S.: How soon is too soon?
May 29
CHN supporter Dale Wisely of Birmingham, Alabama is worried that "the worst is yet to come" in terms of COVID-19 infections. He worries that his own state -- and others -- are opening up too quickly for normal activities. "Our polarization is at work," Dale posted on Facebook. "We're to believe we either are in the stay-closed-and-destroy-the-economy group or the open-up-and-party group. We could have opened up cautiously and effectively if more would be willing to wear masks and practice social distancing. Instead, some decided to go with conspiracy theories, to scoff at science, to whine about their individual rights, and to politicize what should have been seen as common sense." READ MORE »

Under cover of COVID-19, Trump Administration accelerates deportation of immigrant children
May 28
Under the cover of COVID-19, the Trump Administration has accelerated its practice of separating immigrant families and deporting even young children, even in the middle of the night and without their parents’ knowledge. In March and April, the latest months for which figures are available, nearly 1,000 children have been deported. The Trump Administration is callously taking advantage of a 1944 law that grants the president broad power to block foreigners from entering the country in order to prevent the “serious threat” of a dangerous disease. READ MORE »

CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
May 29
As the nation mourned 100,000 lives lost to the coronavirus, it was necessary to understand that there would be many thousands more deaths over the coming months, and hundreds of thousands more cases, with the numbers dependent on the ways in which reopenings are achieved. This week’s data show how much some of us have been hit harder: African Americans and the Navajo Nation, and families with children prime examples. Especially shocking: nearly one-third of those jobless because they are sick with coronavirus symptoms are going without food, or close to one-quarter of those home because they must care for their children. The Senate must join the House in enacting COVID recovery legislation similar to the House’s HEROES act. READ MORE »

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