US: Airlines await details of Trump plan to halt immigration

US president Donald Trump has announced plans to temporarily halt all immigration to the US, as the country grapples with the coronavirus epidemic. It is unclear what, if any, immediate impact the move will have on international airlines, which are largely unable to fly to the country at the moment due to Covid-19-related travel restrictions and border closures. In a message posted to Twitter Monday, the president wrote that he would sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the country. He said he was taking the step “in light of the attack from the invisible enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs” of American citizens. No further details have been disclosed as to how or when the suspension would take effect. <br/>