US President Donald Trump has ordered a two-month pause in issuing most work visas, so that more than 22 million Americans made unemployed by coronavirus lockdowns will not face as much competition.

The 60-day moratorium will apply only to immigrants seeking permanent residence permits, also known as “green cards,” Trump said on Tuesday at the daily White House press conference about the US coronavirus response.

“By pausing immigration we’ll help put unemployed Americans first in line for jobs as America reopens,” the president said. “It would be wrong and unjust for Americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor flown in from abroad.”

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Source: RT