US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that temporarily suspends the issuance of new green cards for 60 days, a limit on immigration that he said will protect American jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic.
He had announced this in a tweet earlier. “In order to protect our great American workers, I have just signed an executive order temporarily suspending immigration into the United States," Trump was quoted as saying at a White House briefing.
This will ensure that unemployed Americans of all backgrounds will be first in line for jobs as the US economy reopens, Trump said at the media briefing, adding that it would also preserve health care resources for American patients.