These are hard times for pro-immigration forces in the U.S. President Donald Trump has seized upon this moment of confusion and distraction to issue a 60-day ban on most green-card applications — suggesting that the administration has been just as intent from the start on targeting legal immigration as well as the illegal variety.
Trump’s Immigration Lockdown Will Weaken America,
Noah Smith, Bloomberg Opinion, April 29, 2020
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-29/trump-coronavirus-immigration-lockdown-will-weaken-u-s-economy