undocumented families

An amendment to a voucher expansion bill advancing in the statehouse links public school funding with students’ immigration status. Education advocates warn that this measure would discourage undocumented students from enrolling in Tennessee schools.

Tennessee lawmakers are at odds over a bill that would require schools to track and report students’ immigration status.

A Tennessee proposal that would challenge federal education rights for immigrant students is headed to the state Senate floor. The bill passed its final committee vote 7-4 on Tuesday with two Republicans dissenting.

In a TV interview, Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said he would not support using the U.S. military to deport immigrants from the interior.

Kentucky lawmakers are trying to determine how state agencies interact with undocumented immigrants, but several say they don’t keep that data.

Members of Nashville's immigrant community sign in to attend a forum hosted by the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition before the…