On Tuesday, President Obama visited Nashville to discuss his administration’s recent actions on immigration. Tennesseans are keenly aware of the need to reform our nation’s immigration system, as an estimated 124,000 illegal immigrants are believed to be living in our state. The president’s speech, unfortunately, was more of the same partisan rhetoric we’ve been hearing since he took office. I believe we can reform our broken immigration system, but there must be key principles included in any reform package before I can support it. First, we absolutely must secure our border. I believe border security should be verified by the governors of border states, not the White House or the Department of Homeland Security. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: I will not support any measure that includes amnesty. You can read more in this weeks column, and I love to read your thoughts in the comments section below.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:20:47 +0000
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