Debate puts focus on immigration

By Ernie Suggs
May 22, 2010
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

It was a debate to see who might represent Georgia as the state’s next governor. But there sure was a lot of talk about Arizona Saturday night as the top four GOP candidates for governor squared off in Gwinnett County in a tea party-tinged debate.

At the top of the agenda was immigration and Arizona’s recent legislation that cracks down on illegal immigrants. Each candidate — Nathan Deal, Eric Johnson, Karen Handel and John Oxendine — supported what Arizona did and said that if elected, they would follow suit.

“It is the duty for all law enforcement and elected officials to enforce the law,â€