{"id":58631,"date":"2020-04-22T20:24:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T20:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=58631"},"modified":"2020-04-22T20:24:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T20:24:06","slug":"coronavirus-us-green-cards-to-be-halted-for-60-days-says-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=58631","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: US green cards to be halted for 60 days, says Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"International Desk: President Donald Trump has said he will halt applications of foreign nationals seeking permanent residence in the US because of the coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n

A day after he announced the move in an ambiguous tweet, Trump said the measure would protect American jobs, BBC reported.<\/p>\n

It is not clear how effective it will be as most visa services have already been suspended because of the outbreak.<\/p>\n

Critics say he is trying to distract attention away from his response to the virus. The US has nearly 45,000 deaths.<\/p>\n

Democrats also accuse the administration of using the pandemic to crack down on immigration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Desk: President Donald Trump has said he will halt applications of foreign nationals seeking permanent residence in the US because of the coronavirus crisis. A day after he announced the move in an ambiguous tweet, Trump said the measure would protect American jobs, BBC reported. It is not clear how effective it will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":58632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n