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Undocumented Immigrant in Court for Killing Couple

The man accused of killing a Mt. Juliet couple while driving drunk was in court Tuesday morning.

Gustavo Garcia Reyes was officially charged with killing Sean and Donna Wilson in a head-on crash back in June.

Reyes pleaded not guilty to the charges through his court hired interpreter.

Reyes's case has been at the center of the illegal immigration debate, because he's an undocumented immigrant. 

Reyes had been jailed 14 times before the wreck that killed the Wilsons.

Officials have been working to change state and local laws to prevent illegal immigrants from being released after committing crimes.

The couple's daughter Heather Steffek was in the courtoom for the hearing.

"I can't bring back my parents but what I can do is keep maybe one other family from going through what I went through," Steffek said.