Trump team grasps for disease to justify anti-immigration policy

Donald Trump’s inner circle of advisers is reportedly searching for a disease to use as an excuse to invoke a public health emergency, allowing his incoming administration to implement strict anti-immigration rules.

The New York Times reports that Trump’s team hopes to invoke a federal policy called Title 42, which governs public health restrictions on travels, as a way to effectively shut down the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump has spent most of his political career pointing to Mexico and...