The president announced the suspension in a tweet on April 20. WASHINGTON - Shortly after 10 p.m. EST on April 20, President Donald Trump announced that he would be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States.
The president noted on Tuesday that the suspenion would be 60 days and would only apply to those seeking green cards. The president noted in his Tuesday press briefing that the suspension was motivated by helping unemployed Americans find jobs as the country reopens. "It would be wrong and unjust for Americans laid off by the virus to be replaced by new immigrant labor flown in from abroad," the president said, also noting how the measure would help to conserve medical resources for citizens