Immigration
The United States is a nation founded and built by immigrants. For centuries, the United States has stood as a beacon of freedom and hope, and throughout that time, millions across the globe have come to the United States in search of the American Dream. Our nation was founded by immigrants and established on the notion that the United States could provide opportunity to all who sought it. I support legal immigration and those who come to our country and abide by our laws and process in order to secure citizenship.
Illegal immigration undermines our law, our labor force, and it is a national security threat. I oppose amnesty – it is unfair to reward those who break the law, while punishing those who respect and follow the laws of our country. First and foremost, we must secure our borders and enforce the immigration laws already on the books. A failure to secure our borders presents a greater national security threat.
More on Immigration
Nov 21, 2014
Press Release
Congressman Stephen Fincher (R-TN) today made the following statement regarding President Obama's plan to take unilateral executive action to lawlessly grant amnesty to approximately five million illegal immigrants who have entered the country illegally.
Dec 20, 2013
Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Stephen Fincher (R-Frog Jump) today announced the details of his 2014 Washington D.C. Christmas Wish List, where each day he is posting on Facebook one of the 12 things he wishes to see accomplished in the New Year.
Feb 26, 2013
In The News
Congressman Fincher Visits County — County to speak about agriculture issues, the second amendment, gay rights, the sequester, and the federal deficit. Speaking from the Carroll Bank and Trust Community Room in Huntingdon to about 60 attendees, many of whom identified themselves in the agriculture industry.
Feb 13, 2013
Press Release
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Stephen Fincher (R-Frog Jump), issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address:
Aug 29, 2012
In The News
U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher says he is reluctant to support the use of military force in Syria until the United States has more information. “We have to make sure before we go in that we know what we are doing and the consequences of all this long term,” he said. “I’m getting a lot of push-back from constituents. They are saying, ‘Stephen, we are war weary.’”
Aug 25, 2011
In The News
Farmers have at least one friend in Congress these days in Representative Stephen Fincher (R-TN), who is sadly the only working farmer currently serving in the House. “We’re 7th generation cotton farmers from the Frog Jump community in West Tennessee and still actively farm,” Rep. Fincher told me in an interview at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference last week. “It’s an honor to serve in Washington and represent rural ag communities.”
Aug 25, 2011
In The News
Describing his first trip to Israel as both an emotional and an educational experience, U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher checked in by telephone Thursday night from the Sea of Galilee. Fincher and his wife, Lynn, have traveled all over the region since Monday and have met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres and senior Palestinian officials but not President Mahmoud Abbas, who had a scheduling conflict Wednesday and had to be in Lebanon, Fincher said.
May 10, 2011
Press Release
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Stephen Fincher (R-Frog Jump) has been selected to sit on the prominent House Financial Services Committee, which has jurisdiction over all issues pertaining to the economy, the banking system, housing, insurance, and securities and exchanges. Additionally, the Committee also has jurisdiction over monetary policy, international finance, international monetary organizations, and efforts to combat terrorist financing.
Mar 30, 2011
Press Release
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Kristi Noem (R-SD) and 99 additional colleagues, today sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson, asking that the EPA refrain from adopting a revised and more stringent dust standard. Reps. Fincher and Noem argue that implementing this harsh dust standard could “decrease the ability of the agriculture community in the United States to meet the world’s food needs as well as decrease productivity, increase food prices, and incur job losses in rural America.”
Mar 30, 2011
Press Release
Washington, DC – U.S. RepresentativeStephen Fincher (R-TN) announced today that he will join other small business owners turned legislators in the newly formed Congressional Job Creators Caucus. The permanent working group is open exclusively to Members of Congress with experience as small business owners and will provide an opportunity to apply real-world job creating experience to the congressional legislative process.