nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||Trump Freezes Green Cards, Many Work Visas Until End Of Year||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The White House says pausing immigration and a variety of temporary work visas will help respond to job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

President Trump speaks at Snap-on Tools in Kenosha, Wis., before signing a 2017 executive order to tighten the rules for technology companies seeking to bring highly skilled foreign workers to the U.S.

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Trump Freezes Green Cards, Many Work Visas Until End Of Year

The White House says pausing immigration and a variety of temporary work visas will help respond to job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Laurie Robinson, left, professor of criminology at George Mason University, and Charles Ramsey, right, Philadelphia police commissioner, listen while President Obama discusses law enforcement recommendations from his Task Force on 21st Century Policing in March 2015.

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