Oh, Yes He Did!

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!

9:06 PM · Apr 20, 2020
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A formal order temporarily barring the provision of new green cards and work visas could come as early as the next few days, unnamed sources reported.  Under an executive order, the Trump administration would no longer approve any applications from foreigners to live and work in the United States for an undetermined period of time, effectively shutting down the legal immigration system in the same way the president has long advocated closing the borders to illegal immigration.

Workers in the past who received visas for specialized jobs in the United States would also be denied entry, newspapers reported.  Some workers in some industries deemed critical could be exempted from the ban,  "people familiar with the president’s discussion" told the New York Times, who reported it without attribution.

Almost half a million visas -- 462,422 -- were issued in 2019 to foreigners abroad looking to immigrate to the United States, the newspaper reported. That number is significantly down from 617,752 work visas issued in 2016, the year Donald J. Trump was first elected president.

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