One day after Pres. Trump drew widespread criticism for his insistence in a press conference that the COVID-19 pandemic is a result of a "Chinese virus," singer Lauren Jauregui called out the inflammatory language in a sharply-worded tweet Thursday morning (March 19). "Now is not the time to be spreading racist divisiveness, nor praising yourself for your pseudo-victories over your incredibly heinous border policies," longtime immigrants rights advocate Jauregui wrote.
Two days earlier, mask-wearing ICE agents made a series of immigration raids 24 hours after the state's governor and L.A.'s mayor ordered citizens to get serious about social distancing.