Trump tweets he will sign executive order to 'temporarily suspend immigration' into the U.S.

Donald Trump.
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President Trump on Monday night tweeted that he will sign an executive order closing the United States to immigrants.

"In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!" he wrote. Trump did not give any additional details, and The Washington Post notes that it is not clear "whether such an order would be possible."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.