President Donald Trump has announced that immigration to the
US will be temporarily suspended to protect the jobs of Americans.
The US President made the announcement on Twitter and he
hinged the decision on "the attack from the invisible enemy".
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 and it foreshadowed the
political fire it will ignite on Tuesday April 19 across the North American
country.
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.
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