GOP Legislators File Plan "To Combat Illegal Immigration"
posted February 16, 2011

Flanked by Senate Republican leaders Bill Ketron, Jack Johnson and Jim Tracy, Rep. Joe Carr (R—Lascassas) on Wednesday unveiled "a comprehensive plan to combat illegal immigration in Tennessee."

He said the plan "calls for three distinct principles to address different areas of the law that need to be strengthened in order for private businesses and state and local law enforcement agencies to have the authority to effectively deal with illegal immigration."

“I believe this plan, utilizing three separate pieces of legislation, is the best way to bring a Tennessee solution to a Tennessee problem that has been mandated by 72 percent of Tennesseans,â€