Looks like Americans now agree with Trump on this issue:

Americans support halt to immigration during virus outbreak

The Post-U. Md. poll finds that 65 percent of Americans support a temporary halt on nearly all immigration during the coronavirus outbreak, with 34 percent opposed. Republicans overwhelmingly support the idea, with 83 percent in favor. Democrats, meanwhile, are split, with 49 percent supporting and 49 percent opposing. Among independents, 67 percent say they support such a move. (The poll began after Trump announced a general suspension of immigration to the United States on April 20 that he said would temporarily suspend nearly all immigration, but before details of the policy were announced two days later.)

I also saw a recent poll that suggested 80 percent of Americans saw mass immigration (such as the type that occurs at our southern border) as a potential medical issue for Americans, in light of the Covid-19 outbreak.

It's amazing that nobody has challenged the President on this order so far (I say so far, because I am sure it's eventually coming). But it would appear that there is a new found respect for some form of nationalism, whether it be a distrust of international organizations such as WHO, whether it be the idea that we need to be more self reliant on our supply chain, or whether we want to be more careful over who we allow in and out of the country.

When this is all said and done, we will likely study why NYC was hit harder than pretty much the rest of the country combined. While much of it will be due to the close living conditions, the mass transit, and the overall inability to avoid other people, those same conditions exist in other parts of the country and they have not experience the same issues. The major difference appears to be the sheer amount of visitors (especially foreign visitors) coming in and out of New York.

Is it fair or logical? Probably not. After all New York has survived for decades without such an outbreak. But the sheer amount of travelers in and out of New York certainly seems to have played a factor and made them less safe in this medical crisis. One will have to see if anything might be tempered moving forward?