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fuel, toiletries and other supplies.
PM Mottley also said that cabinet will
mandate the wearing of masks in public
spaces from the same period, saying that
“the time to act had come. The country
needs to pause and to that extent, therefore,
even though there are things that
you will still be permitted to do and timelines
you may still have access to between
now and Feb. 3 when the new measures
will start, I’m asking as far as possible
for you to treat it as if it was happening
tomorrow,” she said. A total lockdown of
the economy is off the cards for now, she
said, noting that air and sea borders will
remain open. To deal with visitors who
must produce a negative PCR Covid test
within 72 hours of travel, the quarantine
period for this group will be extended to
five from two nights, all aimed at curbing
the community spread of the virus. Barbados
currently has 1, 401 active cases
with 650 recoveries and 10 deaths with
numbers spiking significantly in recent
weeks.
In neighboring St. Vincent, the
administration of five-time Prime Minister
Ralph Gonsalves monitoring 622
cases, officials are blaming the current
spike in positives cases in campaigning
from its early December general elections
and from revelry from an annual
Caribbean L 18 ife, JAN. 29-FEB. 4, 2021
“Nine Mornings” Christmas event that
authorities said should not have been
allowed to take place.
“In short, we have to analyze properly
and see what is the best thing which
we can do. We have been doing it quite
well and then those factors which I just
mentioned in a composite way allowed
it to get out of hand,” Gonsalves said,
referring to the festival, electioneering
and to the fact that thousands of locals
had returned home from covid-ravaged
North American last month.
And down south in Suriname, the
entire cabinet of President Chan Santokhi
is working from home after Santokhi
himself tested positive as officials
contact trace people with whom he might
have interacted with in recent days.
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Last week, on the first day of the
Biden Administration, the US Department
of Homeland Security (DHS)
issued a memo ordering a moratorium
on the deportation of undocumented
immigrants for 100 days, while a thorough
review of the DHS’s polices took
place.
Two days later, Texas Attorney
General, Ken Paxton sued the Biden
administration, seeking to overturn
the order.
According to CNN, Paxon’s complaint
cited in part an agreement
signed between the Department of
Homeland Security and Texas in the
waning days of the Trump presidency
that required the department to
consult the state before changing or
modifying policies.
Judge Drew Tipton of the Southern
District of Texas, however, said
the temporary restraining order was
appropriate under the Administrative
Procedure Act.
Tipton blocked the Biden administration
from executing its deportation
pause for 14 days, CNN said.
“In light of the foregoing, the court
finds that the threat of injury to
Texas outweighs any potential harm
to defendants and the public interest
is served and protected by the issuance
of this TRO (temporary restraining
order),” Tipton wrote.
In applauding the ruling, Paxton
said in a statement: “The court’s decision
to stop the Biden administration
from casting aside congressionally
enacted immigration laws is a muchneeded
remedy for DHS’s unlawful
action.
“A near-complete suspension of
deportations would only serve to
endanger Texans and undermine federal
law,” he added.
Biden has promised to tear down
many of Trump’s immigration policies
in his first 100 days in office, during
which Homeland Security would
refocus its efforts, prioritizing threats
to national security, public safety and
border security, National Public Radio
(NPR) said.
Jorge Loweree, policy director at
the American Immigration Council,
said the moratorium would give the
Biden administration time to look
at each detainee’s case individually,
according to NPR.
“The moratorium indicated a very
clear understanding of the impact
the Trump administration has had on
immigration over the last four years,”
Loweree said. “Correcting that damage
will take time.”
The Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) agency said there
are currently 14,195 people in immigration
detention centers across the
country.
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Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley.
Photo by George Alleyne
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