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THE ASTORIAN • THuRSdAy, ApRIl 23, 2020
SPORTS
President Trump bars
immigration for 60 days
Order only applies to those
seeking permanent residence
By JILL COLVIN,
ELLIOT SPAGAT and BEN FOX
Associated press
WASHINGTON — President Donald
Trump announced what he described as
a “temporary suspension of immigration
into the United States” on Tuesday. But the
executive order would bar only those seek-
ing permanent residency, not temporary
workers.
Trump said he would be placing a 60-day
pause on the issuance of green cards in an
effort to limit competition for jobs in a U.S.
economy wrecked by the coronavirus. The
order would include “certain exemptions,”
he said, but he declined to outlined them,
noting the order was still being crafted.
“By pausing immigration we’ll help put
unemployed Americans first in line for jobs
as America reopens, so important,” Trump
said at the White House. “It would be wrong
and unjust for Americans laid off by the
virus to be replaced with new immigrant
labor flown in from abroad.”
An administration official familiar with
the plans, however, said the order will apply
to foreigners seeking employment-based
green cards and relatives of green card hold-
ers who are not citizens. Americans wish-
ing to bring immediate family will still be
able to do so, according to the official, who
spoke on condition of anonymity before the
plan was announced. About 1 million green
cards were granted in the 2019 fiscal year,
about half to spouses, children and parents
of U.S. citizens.
By limiting his immigration measure to
green cards, Trump was leaving untouched
hundreds of thousands of foreign work-
ers granted non-immigrant visas each year,
including farm workers, health care workers
and software programmers. The Migration
Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank,
estimated that some 110,000 green cards
could be delayed during a two-month pause.
Trump said he would consider extending the
restrictions, depending on economic condi-
tions at the time.
Trump has long advocated restrictions on
both legal and illegal immigration and has
raised concerns for years about foreigners
competing with American citizens for jobs.
But he denied he was using the virus
to make good on a longstanding campaign
promise during an election year. “No, I’m
not doing that all,” he said. The president
has also used the crisis to push other stalled
priorities, from tax reform to dramatic bor-
Alex Brandon/AP Photo
President Donald Trump speaks about the
coronavirus at the White House on Tuesday.
Blue Mountain Community College
der restrictions.
Trump has often pivoted to his signa-
ture issue of immigration when he’s under
criticism. It’s one he believes helped him
win the 2016 election and one that contin-
ues to animate his loyal base of supporters
heading into what is expected to be a brutal
reelection fight. It has also served as a use-
ful tool for distracting from news he’d pre-
fer removed from the headlines.
Much of the immigration system has
already ground to a halt because of the pan-
demic. Almost all visa processing by the
State Department has been suspended for
weeks. Travel to the U.S. has been restricted
from much of the globe. And Trump has
used the virus to effectively end asylum at
U.S. borders, including turning away chil-
dren who arrive by themselves and putting a
hold on refugee resettlement — something
Congress, the courts and international law
hadn’t previously allowed.
Criticism of Trump’s announcement
was swift, especially his timing during
the pandemic. Ali Noorani, president of
the National Immigration Forum, noted
that thousands of foreign-born health care
workers are currently treating people with
COVID-19 and working in critical sectors
of the economy.
Andrea Flores of the American Civil
Liberties Union said Trump seemed “more
interested in fanning anti-immigrant flames
than in saving lives.”
But Jessica Vaughan, director of pol-
icy studies at the Center for Immigration
Studies, which favors lower rates of immi-
gration, said before the announcement that
eliminating millions of work permits and
visas would “instantaneously create” new
jobs for Americans and other legal workers
— even though most businesses are shut-
tered because of social distancing dictates
and stay-at-home orders.
She was less enthusiastic after Trump
outlined the plan, tweeting a single word:
“Yawn.”
Blue Mountain Community College softball announced its latest signing Monday, Knappa’s
Madelynn Weaver.
Knappa’s Weaver signs
with Blue Mountain
The Astorian
Another Knappa Logger is headed east
to continue her athletic career.
Senior Madelynn Weaver officially
signed her letter of intent Monday to play
softball at Blue Mountain Community
College.
Weaver was a first team all-league
pitcher in the Northwest League in 2019,
and was the league’s top returning pitcher
this season.
She was the league’s Player of the Year
in 2018, and was entering her fourth and
final season at Knappa’s No. 1 pitcher.
Knappa graduate Dale Takalo was
entering his sophomore year as a pitcher
with the Blue Mountain baseball team.
COLLEGE ATHLETES, 2020-21
ASTORIA
Brooklynn Hankwitz, Linn-Benton basketball
Julia Norris, Clackamas softball
Hailey O’Brien, Linn-Benton basketball
Dylan Rush, Linn-Benton baseball
WARRENTON
Devin Jackson, Clackamas baseball
Austin Little, Linn-Benton baseball
Jake Morrow, Linn-Benton baseball
Kenzie Ramsey, Lower Columbia basketball
By LISA MASCARO
and ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated press
WASHINGTON — A $483 billion corona-
virus aid package flew through the Senate on
Tuesday after Congress and the White House
reached a deal to replenish a small-business
payroll fund and provided new money for
hospitals and testing.
Passage was swift and unanimous, despite
opposition from conservative Republicans.
President Donald Trump tweeted his support,
pledging to sign it into law. The House is set
to vote on it Thursday.
“I urge the House to pass the bill,” Trump
said at the White House.
After nearly two weeks of negotiations
and deadlock, Congress and the White House
reached agreement Tuesday on the nearly
$500 billion package — the fourth as Wash-
ington strains to respond to the health and eco-
nomic crisis.
SUNDAY
MONDAY
NASELLE
Ethan Lindstrom, Linn-Benton baseball
CLATSOP
POWER
“The Senate is continuing to stand by
the American people,” said Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to an almost
empty chamber.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
said the bill was made “better and broader”
after Democrats forced the inclusion of money
for hospitals and testing.
A copy of the measure was provided to The
Associated Press by a GOP aide.
Most of the funding, $331 billion, would
go to boost a small-business payroll loan pro-
gram that ran out of money last week. An addi-
tional $75 billion would be given to hospitals,
and $25 billion would be spent to boost testing
for the virus, a key step in building the confi-
dence required to reopen state economies.
Missing from the package, however, was
extra funding for state and local governments
staring down budget holes and desperate to
avert furloughs and layoffs of workers needed
to keep cities running.
Trump said he was open to including in a
subsequent virus aid package fiscal relief for
state and local government — which Demo-
crats wanted for the current bill — along with
infrastructure projects.
SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TODAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Madelynn Weaver, Blue Mountain softball
Mason Westerholm, Mt. Hood basketball
KNAPPA
Kanai Phillip, Western Oregon football
Eli Takalo, Mt. Hood baseball
Senate approves $483B in virus aid
Money for small businesses,
hospitals and virus testing
Krissy Barendse-Goodman
Knappa pitcher Madelynn Weaver in action
last year.
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WEDNESDAY
REGIONAL FORECAST
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Seattle
58 42
61 47
58 44
58 46
59 43
A brief shower Cloudy, showers Cloudy, rain
Mostly cloudy
or two
around
possible
64 45
65 45
Cloudy
Sun, then
clouds
Showers
possible
Aberdeen
Olympia
55/44
60/47
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
61/42
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Tuesday
Tonight’s Sky: The Lyrid meteor
shower peaks. New moon (7:25
p.m. PDT).
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 56/45
Normal high/low .................. 57/41
Record high .................. 77 in 1982
Record low .................... 31 in 1985
Precipitation
Tuesday ................................... 0.04”
Month to date ........................ 0.55”
Normal month to date ......... 3.88”
Year to date .......................... 30.64”
Normal year to date ........... 28.97”
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020
Time
2:00 a.m.
2:48 p.m.
8.1 8:44 a.m.
7.0 8:35 p.m.
Cape Disappointment
1:37 a.m.
2:20 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 6:14 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 8:14 p.m.
Moonrise today .............. 6:54 a.m.
Moonset today .............. 9:01 p.m.
New
First
Full
Last
1:46 a.m.
2:34 p.m.
Warrenton
1:55 a.m.
2:43 p.m.
0.1
2.1
8.3 8:11 a.m. -0.1
7.3 8:05 p.m. 1.8
8.5 8:28 a.m.
7.4 8:19 p.m.
0.1
2.0
8.3 9:45 a.m.
7.3 9:36 p.m.
0.0
1.6
12:49 a.m. 8.1 7:20 a.m.
1:37 p.m. 7.1 7:14 p.m.
0.0
2.1
Knappa
2:37 a.m.
3:25 p.m.
Depoe Bay
Apr 22 Apr 30 May 7 May 14
7.9 7:50 a.m.
7.0 7:47 p.m.
0.0
1.9
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Today
Hi/Lo/W
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
71/55/t
53/40/pc
62/41/sh
84/64/pc
65/36/t
83/71/c
85/61/s
90/68/s
89/82/pc
50/46/r
97/71/s
69/55/pc
62/55/r
75/58/pc
48/38/r
55/41/sh
82/56/s
55/36/pc
83/71/pc
89/62/s
93/66/s
96/81/s
54/41/r
98/71/s
72/54/s
68/49/c
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
62/44
Hermiston
The Dalles 69/44
Enterprise
Pendleton 55/33
65/44
66/46
La Grande
59/35
65/45
NATIONAL CITIES
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
56/38
Kennewick Walla Walla
62/43 Lewiston
68/42
62/45
Salem
Pullman
66/38
Longview
58/42 Portland
64/47
60/38
Yakima 69/39
62/40
Astoria
Spokane
66/43
Corvallis
66/45
Albany
65/45
John Day
Eugene
Bend
67/47
62/39
60/38
Ontario
68/42
Caldwell
Burns
62/32
66/40
Medford
71/48
Klamath Falls
62/35
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
62/31/c
60/47/pc
55/44/c
64/44/pc
56/45/pc
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
63/36/pc
61/51/c
59/50/sh
65/50/pc
59/47/sh
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
58/48/pc
71/50/pc
57/43/c
67/47/pc
63/45/pc
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
61/49/pc
73/51/c
61/49/sh
66/48/sh
66/52/c