The White House readout of the call was issued after the meeting concluded at the UN headquarters in New York.
US President Donald Trump is considering suspending a number of employment visas including the H-1B, most sought-after among Indian IT professionals, in view of the massive unemployment in America due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a media report. The proposed suspension could extend into the government's new fiscal year beginning October 1, when many new visas are issued, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, quoting unnamed administration officials.
In a 228-193 vote, which was mainly on party lines, the House had appointed seven impeachment managers to argue Democrats' case for removing Trump from the office.
'With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history,' Trump tweeted on Thursday, just 96 days before the election. 'It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???' Trump said in his tweet, which was immediately condemned by the opposition Democratic party leaders.
Trump spoke by telephone with Khan to discuss "the need to reduce tensions and moderate rhetoric with India over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir," the White House said in a readout of the call.
The travel ban is the third version of a contentious policy that Trump first sought to implement a week after taking office in January.
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