Tennessee House advances bill requiring local officers to aid US immigration authorities
The Republican-led Tennessee House advanced a proposal Thursday that would require law enforcement agencies in the state to communicate with federal immigration authorities if they discover people are in the the country illegally, and would broadly mandate cooperation in the process of identifying, catching, detaining and deporting them.
The House vote coincides with efforts in other Republican-led states to inject more state and local involvement in immigration enforcement, while criticizing President 's border policies. That includes a Texas law allowing authorities in that state
