The United States has the world’s largest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, with more than 780,000 infections, up 27,000
WASHINGTON| On Monday US President Donald Trump said he will temporarily suspend all immigration into the United States through an executive order following the coronavirus pandemic and the spread in the US to protect the jobs.
Trump through his social media account confirmed the news. He 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!”
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1252418369170501639
The move was condemned by the opposition i.e the Democrats.
The move, which the Republican president announced on Twitter, effectively achieves one of Trump’s long-term policy goals of curbing immigration, making use of the health and economic crisis that has swept the country as a result of the pandemic to do so.
The White House has not given a brief account regarding the decision whether its the timing or its legal basis. Trump said the action will protect the U.S. workforce. Due to the Coronavirus outbreak many Americans are suffering unemployment.
Former Democratic Presidential candidate Julian Castro said in a tweet, “You cut off immigration, you crater our nation’s already weakened economy,”. “What a dumb move.”
You cut off immigration, you crater our nation’s already weakened economy. It’s that simple @realDonaldTrump. What a dumb move. https://t.co/kHYYy9VN7y
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) April 21, 2020
Trump won the White House in 2016 in part on a promise to curb immigration by building a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico. He and his advisers have spent the first three years of his tenure cracking down on both legal and illegal entries into the country.
The development comes as the U.S. death toll from the virus topped 42,000 on Monday following the Reuters tally.
The U.S. economy has come to a near standstill because of the pandemic, more than 22 million people applied for unemployment benefits in the last month. The United States has the world’s largest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, with more than 780,000 infections, up 27,000 until now.
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