Trump has halted immigration to the USA

WASHINGTON, April 23 – RIA Novosti. The President of the United States Donald trump announced that he had signed a decree on temporary suspension of immigration in the U.S. the shortage of jobs in the country due to the pandemic coronavirus.

As explained in the White house, an exception will be made for doctors and other employees whose assistance is needed in the fight against coronavirus.

In the administration cited the data of several sociological surveys in which the majority of Americans support a temporary ban on immigration into the country, believing that in mass, it poses a threat.

plans to sign a decree, the President said yesterday. According to him, this restriction will apply to those who want to obtain permanent residency in the United States – a green card. Trump said that it would suspend immigration for two months and at the end will decide whether to extend the Ordinance.

the world health organization on 11 March announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest world health organization, worldwide there were more than 2.47 million infections, more than 169 thousand people died.

the Number of victims of coronavirus in the United States has exceeded 46 thousand people, the number of confirmed cases COVID-19 reached to 839 thousand, recovered – 77 thousand.

Current data on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager.of the Russian Federation.