Sunday Spotlight, ADVISORY
Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 5 years, 10 months AGO
EDITORS:
The following story will move Saturday as this week’s Sunday Spotlight, a feature showcasing the best off-the-news enterprise in the AP report:
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRAVEL BAN HOLES
President Donald Trump has repeatedly credited his February ban on travelers from mainland China as his signature move against the advance of the coronavirus pandemic -- a “strong wall” that allowed only U.S. citizens inside, he boasted in May. But Trump’s wall was more like a sieve. Exempted were thousands of residents of the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau. And efforts to track U.S. residents returning from mainland China were riddled with errors and broken communications. By Stephen Braun and Jason Dearen. 1,900 words. With photos, abridged version.
The AP