Comments from the Tennessee Speaker in regards to the 2007 Legislative Session and illegal immigration

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Finally, I want to address the issue of illegal immigration. Every year our federal government wastes time arguing over serious immigration reform without ever coming to a compromise. First and foremost our borders need to be protected, and each day we wait is another day we leave ourselves open to a potential attack by those who would do us harm. Because of this lack of action, states have been forced to take up the issue themselves.

Last session Representative Henry Fincher (D-Cookeville) proposed the “Tennessee Immigration Compliance Act.â€