NASHVILLE - Add Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Wamp of Tennessee to the growing chorus of Volunteer State and Georgia political hopefuls criticizing the U.S. Justice Department's challenge of an Arizona law requiring police to check the immigration status of people they stop that they suspect are in the U.S. illegally.
"Legal immigration has helped make America great," U.S. Rep. Wamp said in a statement. "But illegal immigration threatens our public schools, hospitals, safety and finances. Unfortunately the Obama administration is once again putting their political interests ahead of the people's interests. And they're wrong."
Rep. Wamp said Tennesseans "need a law like Arizona's. Firm but fair. And if the federal government won't enforce the law, then as governor, I will."
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