Metro immigration bill would bolster federal labor laws. Nasville, Tennessee

“Three Metro Council members want to give some umph to federal employment laws prohibiting businesses from hiring illegal immigrants, crafting an ordinance that would explicitly prohibit the city from contracting with companies that employ illegal immigrants.

Donelson-Hermitage area Council-man J.B. Loring, the lead sponsor of the legislation, said he was prompted by a series of phone calls he received beginning roughly two months ago from an assortment of individuals, including some city employees, telling him illegal immigrants were working on some Metro job sites.
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