WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Paul A. Gosar, R-Arizona, issued the following statement after urging President Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia to exercise their authority to expand the immigration moratorium to further protect U.S. workers:

"At a time when more than 26 million Americans are out of work due to COVID-19, the very last thing we should be doing is authorizing additional foreign labor.