TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Oct 25, 2019

Gov. Bill Lee told reporters Thursday that his administration is undecided on whether to accept President Donald Trump’s offer to let states and local governments refuse to accept refugees, the Times Free Press reports. The state legislature sued the federal government in 2017 over a refugee resettlement program they say forces states to pay for resettlement. Just last week, a federal appeals court refused to hear that lawsuit. In 2016, Former Gov. Bill Haslam declined to sign a resolution demanding the lawsuit and Attorney General Herbert Slatery declined to file it for legislators. Gov. Lee says his team will address the decision once a timeline is set.