President Trump has signed an executive order that will temporarily stop some foreigners from receiving green cards.
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Washington.
Trump nonetheless characterized the move as a sweeping “temporary suspension of immigration into the United States.” That will be popular with Trump’s most loyal political supporters as he heads into what is expected to be a brutal reelection fight. The green card measure is likely to limit the ability of current green card holders to sponsor their extended families — a practice Trump has derided as “chain immigration” and tried to restrict.
Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, a liberal immigration reform group, agreed in part.
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