Tranchant Speaks To Immigration Commission
By Greg L | 17 July 2008 | Illegal Aliens, Virginia Politics | 6 Comments


Ray Tranchant shows picture of his murdered daughter (from powhatan life)

The Virginia Commission on Immigration met in Norfolk recently, allowing one of the citizens of the Commonwealth who may have more authority to speak on this subject than many of us ever will, to have her chance to address these elected officials. From the Virginia Pilot:

[quote]Colette Tranchant cried as she held up a large photograph of her daughter, Tessa, at a public hearing on immigration Wednesday night at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

In March 2007, Tranchant’s daughter was killed by a drunken driver who was in the country illegally.

“We are losing something that no amount of money can replace,â€