Donald Trump says he will suspend all immigration into the US temporarily through an executive order in response to the coronavirus outbreak and to protect jobs.
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The move, which the Republican president announced on Twitter, effectively achieves one of Mr 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.
"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," Mr Trump said in a tweet. The White House declined to offer further details about the reasoning behind the decision, its timing, or its legal basis.
Mr Trump won the White House in 2016 in part on a promise to curb immigration by building a wall on the US 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.
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