Trump administration extends visa ban to non-immigrants

The Trump administration on Monday extended a ban on green cards issued outside the United States until the end of the year and added many temporary work visas to the freeze, including those used heavily by technology companies and multinational corporations.The administration cast the effort as a way to free up jobs in an economy reeling from the coronavirus.The ban, while temporary, represents a cut to legal immigration on a scale that had eluded the administration before the pandemic.