Trump looks to temporarily bar US citizens returning from abroad if they're suspected of having COVID-19

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• President Donald Trump wants to temporarily bar US citizens and permanent residents from entering the country if they are suspected of having the coronavirus, The New York Times reported on Monday. 
• A draft proposal said that if a border official "reasonably believes that the individual either may have been exposed to or is infected with the communicable disease," they could be barred from entering. 
• The draft did not specify how long the restriction would last.
• The Times added that it's still not clear whether a measure like this would be constitutional. 
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President Donald Trump is looking to temporarily bar US citizens and permanent residents from entering the country if they are suspected of having the coronavirus, The New York Times reported on Monday. 

Trump proposed that citizens be denied entry to the US if a border official "reasonably believes that the individual either may have been exposed to or is infected with the communicable disease."

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