Tennessee to test Stephen Miller’s plan of enlisting states for immigration enforcement
Feb 04, 2026
Bills mandate ICE cooperation, school status checks and criminalize information release, testing constitutional linesThe power to enforce immigration law rests with the federal government. But Trump adviser, Stephen Miller, has a vision for states working in coordination with federal immigration off
icials, and he’s attempting to test it out in Tennessee.Earlier this month, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported that Miller had been meeting in Washington DC with Tennessee speaker of the house, Cameron Sexton, to craft model legislation for states around the country. Continue reading... ...read more read less