immigration laws

The proposed legislation would apply to a broad range of civil actions and prevent immigrants from accessing state’s crime victims fund

KyCIR reporters dug in to find out how Trump’s plan to deport thousands of people could play out in Kentucky.

Gov. Bill Lee’s plan to use state resources for immigration enforcement will cost Tennessee taxpayers $20.5 million annually, an analysis from the state’s fiscal review committee found.

At least 150 refugees slated to come to Kentucky over the next month are in limbo due to President Donald Trump’s executive order pausing refugee admissions.

When it comes to the children of people who came to the country illegally, a Chattanooga Republican senator is a bit of an outlier, even as many in his party are cheering President Donald Trump’s aggressive push against illegal immigration.

Current law allows local Tennessee law enforcement agencies to report to the federal government when they arrest a person that is unauthorized to be in the United States. A bill heading to the governor would require it.

The legislation includes setting up a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, but its fate in Congress, which has rejected such measures for the past two decades, is uncertain.

The unsealing follows a workplace raid last year, which led to the arrests of hundreds of suspected undocumented immigrants.