TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 13, 2021

The Joint Study Committee on Refugee Issues yesterday explored whether the state can regulate companies providing services to undocumented immigrants under federal contracts or levy stricter punishments on those aiding undocumented immigrants. Glenn Reynolds, professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law, told the panel that the state has a significant amount of regulatory powers with regard to migrant-relocation facilities so long as those regulations don’t run afoul of federal law. Other speakers, including William Gill, an associate professor of law at the Duncan School of Law, talked about the abuse and political violence many refugees face in their home country and said some unaccompanied minors could qualify for asylum under a special juvenile classification. Tennessee Lookout has the story.