Blackburn, Bredesen clash over immigrant caravan but agree on birthright citizenship

By Sam Stockard, Daily Memphian Updated: November 05, 2018 4:00 AM CT | Published: November 04, 2018 9:18 AM CT

The immigrant caravan of thousands of people walking through Mexico to the U.S. border is creeping into Tennessee’s U.S. Senate race and, predictably, putting the candidates at odds in an already contentious race, this time over whether federal troops should be used there.

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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.

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Blackburn, Bredesen clash over immigrant caravan but agree on birthright citizenship

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