The story was updated Wednesday with additional details about the immigration-related law proposed by Gov. Bill Lee.

Supported by President Donald Trump’s massive undocumented deportation plan for immigrants, the Governor of Tennessee will fund the Immigration Enforcement Bureau and work with the federal government to remove people from the country We propose to hire directors for this.

In a declaration calling for a special session starting January 27th, Gov. Bill Lee has a close relationship with the US courts and the possibility of using state courts to eliminate undocumented people. We detailed the creation of a central immigration institution equipped with. Lee’s plan establishes a fund to pay the immigration enforcement department within the Tennessee Department of Safety, but he has not given a cost estimate.

Under current law, federal authorities will handle immigration laws when they work with local law enforcement agencies. However, the move gives the state a wide latitude to enforce these laws, particularly along with federal courts dealing with immigrants accused of “terrorism.”

As part of the new division, the top immigration managers will be hired to work directly with the Trump administration to implement new federal policies.

News reports show that the U.S. Department of Justice was able to indict local law enforcement officials who refused to enforce the president’s immigration rules. Similarly, state laws considered in special sessions set penalties for local officials who do not comply with enforcement requirements.

Additionally, the law provides incentives to local governments participating in federal agreements to assist in immigration law enforcement, detention and removal. It also provides grants to local governments to train executives on federal and state immigration policies.

Lisa Sherman Luna, executive director of the Tennessee Immigration and Refugee Rights Union, said Tuesday that the state and local processes are being handled separately from the federal immigration issue.

“The state’s attempts to make federal bids are a dangerous precedent for all of us and our constitutional rights,” Sherman Luna said.

Lt. Col. Randy McNally said Tuesday that he supports the inclusion of immigration in the governor’s special session call, despite the fact that no bill has been introduced.

“President Trump has made it clear he intends to reverse Biden’s illegal immigration aggression soon,” McNally said. He added that undocumented immigrants with felony and criminal records need to be removed promptly.

Lee confirmed that he would activate the National Guard to take on Trump’s plan to deport “criminals” without citizenship status. But Trump eliminated up to 18 million people without documentation and mentioned it without revoking his birthright citizenship. This is guaranteed under amendments to people born within the country and to children born abroad of US citizens, regardless of the status of immigration of parents.

22 states filed a lawsuit Monday, stopping efforts to end birthright citizenship.

Trump declared a national emergency for the US Mexican border, his inauguration day, deployed troops such as the National Guard forces, set more barriers, completed walls, and Unmanned air monitoring is now possible. Tennessee has already sent its troops to the border multiple times.

The order also invokes the Rebellion Act of 1807, allowing presidential authorities to use the military against Americans involved in civil disability or rebellion.

Another executive order he signed on Monday stopped legal forms of immigration, including humanitarian parole for citizens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, and ended the use of the app for immigrants to appoint asylum officers. I did.

Under Lee’s plan, in addition to establishing immigration agencies, the state will have the capacity to be punished by local government officials who adopt sanctuary city policies and make it a class E felony. Sanctuary City’s policy of restricting information sharing with federal authorities is illegal in Tennessee.

The declaration also calls for a revision of the state-issued ID to determine the right to vote and the immigration status of individuals for government services. State-issued identification is limited to US citizens, legitimate permanent residents, and temporary federal authorisation people. IDs with markers characteristic of temporary licenses will be issued to undocumented immigrants and evidence of citizenship will be required for driver’s license renewal or recovery.

The immigration enforcement plan says lawmakers are covering Hurricane Helen relief to help public and private road construction in the establishment of the Governor’s private voucher plan, eight East Tennessee County Hurricane Helen relief and the establishment of the Tennessee Department of Transportation Finance. At the same time, it will be considered during the special session. project. The state is working on paid lanes along I-24 from Nashville to Murfreesboro as part of a legislative approval law in 2023.

Several immigration bills are sponsored. One includes one by the Republican Senators of Murfreesboro, which the Department of Security and Homeland Security needs to study federal immigration law, detention, removal, state investigations and enforcement of immigration-related issues. is. And progress.

Another measure by Republican Rep. Todd Warner of Chapel Hill requires law enforcement to communicate with federal officials about the immigration status of those arrested for criminal offences.

The bill by Brentwood Republican Rep. Gino Bruso requires financial institutions to examine the immigration situation of people who send money outside the United States.

Republican Sen. Todd Gardenhire of Chattanooga is sponsoring a bill that will exempt undocumented immigrant students who are reported to federal immigrants for deportation by local governments. The law passed in 2024 requires local law enforcement agencies to communicate immigrant status for all people arrested for criminal offences to federal immigration agents.