CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We have a solemn duty to ensure these unemployed Americans regain their jobs and their livelihoods. Therefore, in order to protect American workers, I will be issuing a temporary suspension of immigration into the United States… It would be wrong and unjust for Americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor flown in from abroad. We must first take care of the American worker — take care of the American worker.
This pause will be in effect for 60 days… This order will only apply to individuals seeking a permanent residency. In other words, those receiving green cards — a big factor — it will not apply to those entering on a temporary basis.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing,” whitehouse.gov, Apr. 21, 2020