October 24, 2006

Bryson Promises to Get Tough on Illegal Immigration; Bredesen Still Tinkers Around the Edges

Tennessee Republican gubernatorial nominee Jim Bryson is out with a new campaign ad on illegal immigration. Also, watch this clip from a debate between Gov. Phil Bredesen and Bryson each responding to a question about illegal immigration.

Bredesen's response is a mix of passing the buck to the feds and trying to make it sound as if the minor tinkering-around-the-edges measures he's taken to address illegal immigration are major steps. Bryson, meanwhile, lays out a 10-point plan that would give Tennessee the toughest laws to combat illegal immigration in the nation, and rely very little on Bredesen's preferred approach of waiting for the federal government to handle the problem.