Settlement blocks Tenn. law criminalizing officials voting yes to sanctuary city policies

Settlement blocks Tenn. law criminalizing officials voting yes to sanctuary city policies

The Tennessee law criminalizing local officials who vote in favor of 'sanctuary city' policies will not be enforced.

AG Agrees Not to Enforce Law Related to Sanctuary Policies

The Tennessee Attorney General’s Office and seven Metro councilmembers filed an agreed order Thursday that renders a controversial law passed last year by the General Assembly unconstitutional. The act made it a felony — with the possibility of one to six years in prison — for local government officials to adopt, implement or vote for “sanctuary policies,” or acts that would limit Metro cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.