Gov. Lee signs bill requiring local officers to aid US immigration authorities
People gather for a news conference of the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition outside the state Capitol, Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Nashville. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill that would require law enforcement agencies to communicate with federal immigration authorities if they discover people are in the the country illegally, and would broadly mandate cooperation in the process of identifying, catching, detaining and deporting them. (George Walker IV/AP File)
The Tennessee bill says law enforcement agencies and officials “shall” cooperate in various immigration tasks already spelled out in state law, instead of saying they “are authorized” to do so.
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