Trump immigration ban halts green cards, not temporary visas

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/21/trump-immigration-ban-halts-green-cards-not-temporary-visas.html

Trump has implemented a ban of green cards being issued for 60 days because Americans have been laid off and he feels it's only right that Americans be given the chance to find what work there is while the nation gets back on its feet.
If only UK did the same, we wouldn't see EU migrants being charted into the UK to do menial farm work - and why? Why can't UK use those prisoners released to do this work to compete with EU migrant workers?
Trump got it right, UK should follow the same and utilize our released convicts to do the work these Eastern Europeans have been invited here to do if need be.
Temporary visas are still being issued which could save lives as this allows Americans to benefit from any expertise or help this may bring.

 

That's a largely political announcement and doesn't seem like it will have much practical impact given the relevant systems are pretty much already frozen. It isn't really comparable to Eastern European farm workers anyway, they more akin to the "temporary visa" category (though they obviously don't need visa yet).

Because relatively few prisoners have actually been released, most of them won't live near the farms and their movements will be restricted, both legally and due to the virus itself. They won't all be capable of doing the farm work and, of course, many won't want to. I'm not clear whether you're talking about offering temporary work or some kind of forced labour, but I think the latter would be illegal.

As it happens, there are understandable difficulties with the usual European seasonal workers getting to the UK and furloughed British citizens have been recruited in some places. There remains the core issue that most British people aren't willing to do this kind of work for the kind of pay and conditions it offers but neither are we willing to pay the increased prices at the supermarkets that would be necessary to improve the situation. I think there is an element of a viscous circle with a lack of respect for the workers feeding a lack of respect for the work which is only going to further discourage British people from wanting to do it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-52294856