Tennessee immigration bill criminalizes officials for votes of conscience | Opinion
Tennessee General Assembly passed immigration enforcement legislation that prohibits elected officials from voting for ...
Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee lawmakers want immigration, voucher bills to go to court
No stranger to pushing constitutionally questionable bills, the Tennessee legislature proved last week it’s ready to spend ...
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State legislators spoke at forum on passed immigration bill
Tennessee lawmakers passed an immigration bill in special session recently in alignment with President Donald Trump's ...
Tennessee Republicans file bill to allow public schools to reject undocumented children
The bill is a direct effort to challenge a long-standing U.S. Supreme Court precedent guaranteeing a right to public ...
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'Our students are scared': New bill could allow Tennessee schools to reject undocumented children
A statement announcing the legislation said lawmakers aim to challenge a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that grants all ...
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Tennessee bill would allow schools to refuse to enroll unauthorized immigrants
Tennessee Republican lawmakers want to allow schools to deny enrollment to unauthorized immigrant students — a move that ...
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Lawmakers introduce bill to keep undocumented students out of public schools
With a measure antithetical to a legal precedent established more than 40 years ago, leading state Republicans move to let ...
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Lawmaker to voter: People can move if they don’t like new Tennessee immigration law
Last week, lawmakers passed an immigration crackdown bill including a provision to create criminal penalties for officials ...
TN Special Session Recap: Lawmakers pass legislation on illegal immigration, disaster relief & school vouchers
On Thursday, Tennessee’s special-called session covering illegal immigration, disaster relief funding and school vouchers ...
Knox County jail immigration holds have more than doubled since Trump was elected
One theory is Knox County’s jurisdiction expanded, meaning the county has begun accepting detainees from a wider swath of the ...
Law enforcement would be required to report interactions with undocumented immigrants under proposed bill
The bill would require a monthly report detailing the dates of the interactions, as well the number of undocumented ...
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Tennessee Republicans push vouchers to brink of passage: What lawmakers did Tuesday
Tennessee Republicans aiming to push through ... other in Tuesday's Senate Judicary Committee over Lee's immigration enforcement bill. Sen. Bo Watson, R-Hixson, grew incensed after Judiciary ...