The president signed an order which suspends the issuance of new Green Cards to anyone outside the U.S. for the next two months.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a presidential proclamation suspending the admission of new permanent residents into the United States for the next two months, citing the potential for"a potentially protracted economic recovery with persistently high unemployment if labor supply outpaces labor demand."
Although the president described the measure as one that suspends immigration into the U.S., in actuality the order he approved only prevents non-citizens living outside the country from obtaining a"Green Card" if they do not have a valid immigrant visa or other travel document that grants entry to the United States.
The administration's Green Card moratorium arose from Trump's late-night tweet Monday."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!" he wrote, referring to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
One CEO opposed to the order, online remittance service Remitly co-founder Matt Oppenheimer, said in a statement that the decision to suspend immigration to the U.S. was not only wrong, but"baseless and counterproductive." While non-immigrant visas such as the H-1B are conditioned on employment with a particular company and expire after a set period of time, a"Green Card" allows a non-citizen to remain in the United States indefinitely, and to work for any employer.
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