United States President Donald Trump on Thursday extended immigration bans on green cards and visas that allow foreign workers to temporar...
United States President Donald Trump on Thursday extended immigration bans on green cards and visas that allow foreign workers to temporarily work in the country till March 31, Reuters reported. Both the bans were scheduled to end on December 31.
Trump said the measures were needed to protect American workers amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has severely affected the economy. The Trump administration’s decision, ahead of the president demitting the office, is the latest in a series of measures to bar the entry of immigrants in the country.
“The effects of Covid-19 on the United States labor market and on the health of American communities is a matter of ongoing national concern,” Trump’s proclamation read, according to CNN. “The current number of new daily cases worldwide reported by the World Health Organization, for example, is higher than the comparable number present during June, and while therapeutics and vaccines are recently available for an increasing number of Americans, their effect on the labor market and community health has not yet been fully realized.”
President-elect Joe Biden, who will take office on January 20, has criticised the decision but not said if he would reverse them immediately. Trump’s order is in the form of a presidential proclamation that could be easily...
