Republican Senate candidate Manny Sethi this week called for a halt of all immigration as the American economy begins to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sethi said this in an emailed press release Wednesday where he pointed out that his parents are legal immigrants.
Sethi said the American Dream faces unprecedented challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and American workers must come first.
“Last week, President Trump took a strong first step with his temporary executive order pausing legal immigration,” Sethi said.
“But it’s time for Congress to pass legislation to extend and expand the moratorium until unemployment levels fall back to where they were before coronavirus. We must protect American workers, American jobs, and the American Dream.”
Sethi released his long-term immigration plan last October.
Sethi’s “Protect the American Dream” plan includes the following:
• Support President Trump and build the border wall.
• End chain migration and return to a merit-based system.
• Put an end to allowing illegal aliens to come to America, have children, and automatically give them citizenship.
People may read the plan on Sethi’s website.
As The Tennessee Star reported last week, Sethi applauded President Donald Trump’s announcement that our nation will pause all immigration as we battle COVID-19 as a country.
As The Star reported earlier this month, Sethi released his Conservative Strategic Agenda entitled “Vertical Containment is the Way Forward to Get Tennessee and America Back to Work.”
As the shutdown of our economy continues and unemployment tops 22 million, Sethi said there is a growing threat to the livelihoods of Americans. Public health intervention meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 has the potential to lead to hardship and even death as families lose incomes and individuals with other diseases are unable to receive treatment, Sethi said.
“I appreciate President Trump’s leadership in standing up to government bureaucrats who are threatening the economic health of our country. As we have done in times of crisis like World War II, we must put fear aside and take a more offensive posture. Our national economy cannot withstand a prolonged shutdown. Our country needs to get back to work,” he said.
“To stop the coronavirus, we should pursue vertical, or targeted, containment options,” the Senate candidate said.
“This will allow large portions of our economy to begin to reopen, which will result in positive public health effects and get people back on the job.”
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Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at The Tennessee Star. Follow Chris on Facebook. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Manny Sethi” by Manny Sethi.
I am actually beginning to like this guy. Sure sounds like a much better choice than Bill Hagerty who sounds a lot like Lamar Alexander..
I’ve had the opportunity to meet and speak with Dr. Manny Sethi who has made himself available at some grassroots political meetings that I attended. He has Constitutional conservative views and a natural small town connection with the people of Tennessee.