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Trump to extend US work visa freeze to year-end: White House

Hundreds of unemployed people wait outside the Kentucky Career Center in Frankfort, Kentucky for help with their unemployment claims. [AFP]

US President Donald Trump will prolong a ban on US employment permits to year-end and broaden it to include H-1B visas used widely in the tech industry, the White House said Monday.

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