A lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new law making it a state-level offense to be in the country illegally was refiled last week, after it was dismissed in June for lack of standing. In the new version of the lawsuit, both plaintiffs admit they are in the United States illegally, and have been violating final deportation orders for more than two decades.
The lawsuit argues that Tennessee’s law violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, claiming that Tennessee created a state immigration-enforcement system for those ordered deported by the federal government, effectively allowing state officials to make arrests and impose punishment without federal approval or oversight.
https://tennesseestar.com/justice/two-illegal-aliens-sue-tennessee-over-law-making-it-a-state-crime-to-immigrate-illegally/tpappert/2026/08/05/
