Friday, former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville, a candidate for U.S. Senate, announced in a statement his call for urging the Trump administration to suspend new guest worker visas “so that American workers can fill American jobs.”
Tuberville echoes the call from his rival, former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who also announced a call for restrictions on immigration.
The coach-turned-candidate’s plea comes as the nation is reeling from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Department of Labor reported a record 20.5 million jobs were lost in April for a national unemployment rate of 14.7%.
“The Coronavirus has transformed the record low unemployment that Donald Trump created into record high layoffs and job losses,” Tuberville said in a statement. “Allowing foreign guest workers to come fill jobs makes no sense when millions of Americans are seeking employment. I am urging the federal government to immediately suspend issuing guest worker visas for the foreseeable future so that American workers can fill American jobs.”
Tuberville also took aim at incumbent U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook), who he would face in the general election should he defeat Sessions in the July 14 Republican primary runoff election.
“Open border, liberal Democrats like Doug Jones believe we need to install revolving doors between the U.S. and Mexico, and they will likely oppose my effort to put Americans first,” he said. “I stand solidly beside President Trump in the need to build a border wall in order to protect our border security, our national security, and, especially now, our jobs and health.”
“We cannot allow unemployment to continue to spiral as foreign workers fill jobs that should rightly be held by Americans,” he continued. “President Trump endorsed my campaign because we hold back the same policies, and he knows I will not cut-and-run when the fire gets hot, so it is my hope that the administration will give strong consideration to suspending new guest worker visas until our economy begins to recover and unemployment rates drop.”
@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Alabama, the editor of Breitbart TV, a columnist for Mobile’s Lagniappe Weekly and host of Huntsville’s “The Jeff Poor Show” from 2-5 p.m. on WVNN.
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