Trump immigration ban halts green cards, not temporary visas

JILL COLVIN and BEN FOX

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced what he described as a "temporary suspension of immigration into the United States" on Tuesday. But he said the executive order he plans to sign as soon as Wednesday would apply only to those seeking permanent residency and not temporary workers.

Trump said he would be placing a 60-day pause on the issuance of green cards in an effort to limit competition for jobs in a U.S. economy wrecked by the coronavirus. But he said there would be "certain exemptions" included in the order, which staff were still c...