by Jon Styf
Tennessee’s District Attorneys General Conference will collect and compile data on the costs related to illegal immigrants in the state who are charged or convicted of a criminal offense through at least 2032 after the immigration bill was signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee.
The report will be sent to the governor and both the House and Senate speaker.
State Sen. Ferrell Haile, R-Gallatin, said House Bill 2774 and Senate Bill 757 – which is still on Lee’s desk – will help the state sue the federal government over the costs of illegal immigration in Tennessee.
“With record numbers of illegal immigrants pouring into our country as a result of failure from the Biden Administration, every state has become a border state,” Haile said in early April about the measure. “These bills will help us learn the cost and impact the immigration crisis is having on our state, so we can take steps to fix the issues and protect Tennessee communities.”
The cost of HB 2774 is just below $370,000 annually after a previous version of the bill noted it would cost local governments more than $7 million annually to collect and report information.
The bill was then amended to have the DAGC consult with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Department of Correction and other law enforcement agencies to compile the report.
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Jon Styf is a staff reporter at The Center Square.
What in the hell in Tennessee doing by allowing these illegals to migrate into our state when most of them are criminals getting kicked out of their own country. Wait don’t tell me. Lee and the rest of the swamp are getting money to get re-elected from big corporate do. nors!
We are no different then the sanctuary states only they keep the dirty secret from getting out to the working man & women of TN.
Who pays if your schools, hospitals and governments agencies are over burdened by these criminals. There is no good answer why we don’t send them back now. Another answer is religious organizations are getting rich like Catholic charities, and all the Protestant organizations relocating these criminals into our cities and small towns.
Tennessee should pass a law that permits the state and local policing authorities to “deport” illegals to Washington D.C.
It’s a good start, but why did it take so long?