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Trump announces suspension of immigration into US
US President Donald Trump took to Twitter to announce that immigration to the US will be temporarily suspended ‘in light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy’.
The US President said the decision was to protect the jobs of Americans.
Trump tweeted;
“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!”
Though it is still unclear the mechanism President Trump will use to suspend immigration, how long such a suspension could last or what effect this will have on the operation of US border crossings and on those who already hold green cards.
The immigration ban generated close to 10,000 reactions less than 25 minutes after the US President tweeted it.
The announcement came after the White House insisted that the worst of the pandemic is over and the country can begin reopening.
The US has over 787,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 42,000 deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, which is tracking the pandemic globally.
