This pandemic of coronavirus has been an invisible army affecting the world and while humanity is fighting tooth and nail, people are finding measures to protect their sovereign territory. As the world tallies their affected rate, the USA by far, has the world’s largest number of confirmed coronavirus cases with more than 42,000 deaths and 774,000 infections on Monday. Recently addressing the growing concerns, President Trump spoke to the media about his next step of action. He announced that the USA will temporarily ban immigration over coronavirus concern.
What’s In It?
Addressing the national media, Donald Trump spoke about the coronavirus response daily briefing at the White House in Washington. He said that, in the light of the present situation, The US president will sign an order halting all immigration to protect the jobs in the country as the coronavirus spread. In late March as well, Trump mentioned that the US would return any migrants from Mexico and Canada who had attempted to cross into the country. He mentioned that these migrants crossing the border threatened to worsen the US coronavirus outbreak. However, details of the order have not been elucidated by Trump’s officials neither were it indicated when the President will sign it.
Later on Monday, Trump made the following tweet, “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”, Trump said in a tweet late on Monday. He offered no further details about what immigration programs might be affected by the order. This recent development comes in a string of moves cracking down on immigration as the coronavirus spreads in the country.
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What’s More?
John Hendren, reported from the US city of Chicago, said the latest move was “fully in character” for Trump. He further added, “Remember, he imposed a ban on immigration from Muslim countries. That was overturned by a court and later modified. This is also the president who has made ‘stopping illegal immigration’ a major theme of his presidency. He’s said he will build a wall to keep out illegal immigrants,” he said.
“But in this case, he’s stopping legal immigration and it will likely be challenged,” he continued, adding: “It also sends a mixed message. He’s been saying all along that things are getting better, that the number of coronavirus cases is slowing, that the US is getting ready to open up for business, and now all of a sudden, he appears to be saying things are so dire that we need to halt all immigration.” It has been weeks that the US State Department has suspended almost all visa processing, including immigrant visas. Also, the US’s economy has come to a halt as more than 22 million people applied for unemployment benefits in the last month. So those of you want to work in the USA, you might have to put a halt on your plans. Did you know The Death Toll In USA Due To COVID-19 Crosses That Of 9/11 Terror Attacks?