U.S. considers expanding current visa restrictions for foreign workers: FT

By Lawrence Hurley Posted on June 18, 2020

A traveler has his passport scanned as he passes through U.S. Customs and Immigration after using the Cross Border Xpress pedestrian bridge between San Diego and the Tijuana airport

(Reuters) – The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a significant expansion of current visa restrictions for foreign workers, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Thursday.

Many of Trump’s top advisers and cabinet members had a meeting on Tuesday to discuss a potential executive order to suspend the issuance of visas to several classes of individuals, the newspaper reported, citing four people briefed on the meeting https://on.ft.com/37JmcXv.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)