Tennessee bill requiring verification of student citizenship status advances
A Tennessee bill that would require public schools to verify the citizenship status of students and give districts the option to charge unauthorized immigrants tuition has narrowly cleared its first legislative hurdle.
Tennessee bill that would remove undocumented students from schools faces criticism
Republican lawmakers in the Tennessee General Assembly are trying to move forward with a bill to allow schools to deny enrollment for undocumented students.That
Tennessee lawmakers push bill that could restrict education for undocumented students in narrow vote
A new bill that would allow school districts to decide whether to accept undocumented students narrowly passed the Senate Education Committee Wednesday evening. Now, advocates are sounding the alarm.
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Tennessee immigration bill pits public school educators against their students | Opinion
Tennessee is now at a crossroads, entertaining proposals that would deny children access to public education based on their immigration status.
TN lawmakers debate immigration education bill
The bill was the subject of a Senate Education Committee debate Wednesday. The results are in for Donald Trump’s address to Congress—and they’re bad. Donald Trump singled out Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the person “to blame if anything goes wrong” during his speech to Congress—and Rubio’s shocked reaction was quickly spotted online.
Tennessee bill would allow public schools to deny enrollment for immigration status
A bill that would allow public schools to refuse to enroll "a student who is unlawfully present in the United States" went to ...
Republican bill meant to challenge SCOTUS decision on immigration-based education restrictions passes TN Senate committee
Republican TN lawmakers are trying to challenge the 1982 Plyer v. Doe decision that prohibits states from restricting public education based on immigration status.
Virginia and Tennessee direct resources to assist with immigration enforcement
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order, reaffirming the state's stance on illegal immigration.
Tennessee bill to let school districts deny undocumented students narrowly passes Senate committee
If someone is here illegally, they are not the responsibility of Tennesseans to pay for their education. They are here illegally, so you need to at least be able to ask that ...
Forget Trump. Tennessee shows what it's like to live in an authoritarian state. | Opinion
Our state democracy is in crisis, and instead of trying to fix it, our state leaders are focused on exacerbating it.
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Opinion: Tennessee’s immigration policy is based on lies
Based on the recent actions of the GOP supermajority in Tennessee's state legislature, one would think immigration is a ...
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Tennessee immigration bill criminalizes officials for votes of conscience | Opinion
Tennessee's newly passed legislation on immigration enforcement prohibits elected officials from passing "sanctuary city" policies or face a felony conviction, a $3,000 fine and removal from ...
Protestors for immigrant and refugee rights crowd Cordell Hull building
A bill that would allow Tennessee students to attend school regardless of their immigration status passed out of committee as ...