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Tennessee Panel Weighs Bill Targeting Those Ignoring Deportation Orders

Tennessee Panel Weighs Bill Targeting Those Ignoring Deportation Orders

by Zachery Schmidt | Feb 16, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South

The Tennessee House Judiciary Committee will hear a bill on Wednesday attempting to create a criminal charge for an illegal immigrant who fails to leave Tennessee after a final deportation order. The state House Criminal Justice Subcommittee passed House Bill (HB)...
Blackburn Joins Push for Tennessee General Assembly to Pass the Regulatory Freedom Act

Blackburn Joins Push for Tennessee General Assembly to Pass the Regulatory Freedom Act

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 16, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has joined a coalition of organizations pushing for state legislators in the Tennessee General Assembly to pass the Regulatory Freedom Act. The bill, filed in the General Assembly as Senate Bill 2199 / House Bill 1913,...

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