In another move towards a “Police State”, an unelected body like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, has signed an order restricting American citizens from free movement worldwide unless they subject themselves to government controls and Covid-19 testing that has proven to be, in many cases, inaccurate or inconclusive.
The “order” was signed effectively January 15, 2021 and read as follow:
“Health Alert – Department of State – Bureau of Consular Affairs (January 15, 2021)
Location: Worldwide:The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director has signed an order requiring all airline passengers traveling to the United States, including U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs), to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 viral test or recovery from COVID-19.
Event: Effective January 26, all airline passengers to the United States ages two years and older must provide either a negative COVID-19 viral test taken within three calendar days of travel or provide a positive test result and documentation from a licensed health care provider or public health official of having recovered from COVID-19 in the 90 days preceding travel. Passengers must also attest, under penalty of law, to having received a negative qualifying test result or to recovery from COVID-19 and medical clearance to travel.
See the CDC Proof of Negative Test Result page to view the order, complete the attestation, and to see FAQ’s.
Airlines must deny boarding to passengers who do not meet these requirements.
U.S. citizens in countries where adequate COVID-19 testing is not available or may not be able to satisfy the requirements, should depart immediately or prepare to be unable to return to the United States until such time as they can meet the requirements”.
There you have it. No papers? No travel! Basically, if you don’t meet these requirements, the United States government can and will deny you entry into your own country. That’s some third world shenanigan folks.
I remember reading about things like this in places like the former Soviet Union, China, Cuba, Nazi Germany, Venezuela, and other third world dictatorships, never in the United States of America. Especially, not over a virus with a survival rate higher than the Seasonal Flu.
On the constitutionality of it, the 5th Amendment and the 14th Amendment, under the Due Process Clause, are clear, no one shall be “deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.”
On face value alone, this appears to be a clear attempt to arbitrarily restrict one’s movements, and this order appears to be completely unconstitutional.
What’s next? Internment Camps? We are living in very dangerous times. This order goes against the basic tenets of the Bill of Rights, the United States Constitution, and our right to “due process” and basic freedoms.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the next time you go to your grocery store, a movie theater, a local restaurant, or your place of worship, some government bureaucrat ask you for your “papers”.
