immigrants

Ernesto Manuel-Andres was greeted by a community celebration for his returned to southern Kentucky after he was released from a federal immigration detention center in Louisiana.

A group of religious leaders and immigrant advocates is suing to block a new Tennessee law that would impose criminal penalties for housing immigrants without legal status.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Kentucky over a regulation that gives “an undocumented alien” in-state tuition if they graduated from a Kentucky high school.

Activists are raising concerns about alleged immigration arrests in Old Louisville.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 100 people have been taken into custody by federal immigration officials in a joint operation with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, leaving many in Nashville’s immigrant community uncertain and worried.

A measure that would allow Tennessee schools to refuse undocumented students is likely dead for the 2025 legislative session.

A measure to challenge the right to an education for undocumented students narrowly passed the Tennessee Senate, 19-13, to the outrage of protesters inside and outside of the chamber.

The bill nevertheless earned the vote of 8 Republicans to advance out of a Tennessee House committee Monday

The measure would take effect only after a Supreme Court decision, Constitutional Amendment or other action allows states to regulate immigration

The bill has raised alarms among nonprofits, churches and faith organizations that charity work they provide regardless of immigration status could lead to arrest