I am offended by this legislation,' one Democratic lawmaker said. 'I find that it is so antithetical to the very foundation of this country.' ...

At 19 years old, when Edwin Jesus Garcia Castillo had one foot on the U.S. side of the border and one foot on the Mexican side, he couldn't pull himself to cross. And that was before knowing cartel ...

A new fiscal note on a controversial legislative education bill warns the effort to require Tennessee schools to collect citizenship or legal residency proof could jeopardize the state's $1.1 billion ...

Republican TN lawmakers are trying to challenge the 1982 Plyer v. Doe decision that prohibits states from restricting public education based on immigration status.

If someone is here illegally, they are not the responsibility of Tennesseans to pay for their education. They are here illegally, so you need to at least be able to ask that ...

The bill requires families to provide documentation that the student is a citizen of the U.S., in the process of obtaining ...

Republican TN lawmakers are trying to challenge the 1982 Plyer v. Doe decision that prohibits states from restricting public education based on immigration status.

Republican lawmakers in the Tennessee General Assembly are trying to move forward with a bill to allow schools to deny ...

Tennessee schools could refuse to teach students without legal status, or charge their families tuition, under a bill ...

A bill that would allow public schools to refuse to enroll “a student who is unlawfully present in the United States” went to the Senate’s Education Committee Wednesday.

A Tennessee bill that would require public schools to verify the citizenship status of students and give districts the option ...