The bill passed on a 19-13 vote after an at-times emotional debate, with multiple opponents of the bill asking lawmakers to ...

But in a solemn Senate floor debate, opposing Republicans framed the legislation as a moral issue, criticizing the effort to put children “in the crossfire” by using them “as pawns” and punishing ...

Tennessee is advancing a plan to let schools turn away students or charge their families tuition if they cannot prove their ...

A Tennessee senator is drawing rebuke from business owners in his own district for a controversial bill targeting ...

A bill creating a new state crime for immigrants illegally present in Tennessee — punishable by incarceration followed by a ...

A Tennessee Republican's effort to create an immigration enforcement trigger law will not move forward this year after a Republican committee chair pressed the sponsor to delay the bill until 2026.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Senate has passed a bill that would allow schools to charge undocumented students tuition, or refuse to enroll them if their parents cannot pay. On the Senate ...

University of Tennessee Chancellor Donde Plowman said three current students and a former student who works at the university ...

Advocates rallied support to send undocumented Tennessee youth to college as immigration tensions grow in the state and ...

Chancellor Donde Plowman sent an email obtained by Knox News to the campus community detailing the situation and what UT is ...

The Senate Finance committee voted 7-4 to advance Senate Bill 836, which would require all schools in Tennessee to verify children have legal immigration or visa status, or that they're U.S ...

Tennessee schools would be allowed to turn away or charge students tuition if their families cannot prove their legal ...