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Lamar Alexander Seeks 3rd Term In U.S .Senate

Illegal immigration concerns many Americans. Please explain what guides your thinking on this subject. With an estimated 12 million illegals already in this country, what approach to the illegal immigration issue will you take if elected to Congress?

"The first thing we need to do is to create a secure work card. If everyone had a secure biometric Social Security work card, it would be much easier to enforce laws against illegal immigration, because finding work is the reason for most of the illegal entry.

"I voted against the 2006 Senate immigration bill -- it didn't do enough to secure our borders. I also voted, on three different occasions -- June 7, June 26, and June 28 -- against cutting off debate on the 2007 immigration bill.

"We must keep working on immigration reform for as long as it takes to get it right. We must first secure the border once and for all, verified by credible sources, without amnesty -- you are either here legally or you are not.

"We also must make it easier for the best and the brightest to come to America to create jobs, and expect and assist those here legally to become Americans by learning our language and appreciating our history and culture.

"And we should increase the opportunity for lower-skilled workers to come here when there are jobs to perform that Americans won't perform, especially in agriculture."

Do you believe that English should be the official language of the United States? Why or why not?

"Yes. When I was governor, Tennessee made English our state's official language. In 2006 the Senate passed my amendment making English America's national language. And twice the Senate and House have passed my legislation making it illegal for the federal government to sue employers who require their employees to speak English on the job -- but both times the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi -- stopped my legislation."

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