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Trump Extends Bans on Work-Based Visas and Green Cards

Trump originally limited employment-based visas and green cards in April and June to allegedly protect American workers from competition.

Deanna Garcia

Jan 04, 2021

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Immigrants will be barred from coming to the U.S. on work-based visas and green cards until the end of March, the White House announced. President Donald Trump originally issued bans on employment-based visas and green cards in April and June to protect American workers from competition. Spouses and children 21 or younger of U.S. citizens are not included in the three month extension, as well as some health care workers who are helping during the pandemic and immigrant investors who agreed to invest more than $1 million in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal and CBS News

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