Lee approves refugee resettlement in Tennessee

By , Daily Memphian Updated: December 18, 2019 5:36 PM CT | Published: December 18, 2019 12:18 PM CT

Gov. Bill Lee announced Wednesday he will agree to a refugee resettlement plan in Tennessee, responding to the executive order by President Donald Trump allowing states to make the decision on how to handle refugees. 

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Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.


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