Trump executive order to restrict immigrant visas, aiming to save 525,000 U.S. jobs during COVID

1. President Trump is expected this week to sign an executive order extending foreign-worker restrictions through December 31, senior administration officials said Monday.
2. "The president is expanding that measure in light of, frankly, expanding unemployment in the number of Americans who are out of work," a senior administration official said Monday.
3. "This will drive both the skill level and the wage level, reduce competition with Americans at the entry level and 'do more to get the best and the brightest,'" a senior administration official said.
4. In April, Trump issued an executive order temporarily suspending immigration due to coronavirus, saying it would be 60-day pause and impact only those seeking permanent residency, also known as a green card, not temporary employment.
5. "It is not a uniform set of checks before people arrive, currently," a senior administration official told reporters Monday.

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