A model for the nation? Tennessee GOP ushers in sweeping ‘Immigration 2026’ agenda

State Republican leaders kicked off this year’s legislative session in January by unveiling a sweeping immigration agenda they said would make Tennessee a national model for immigration enforcement.

Four months later, GOP lawmakers have passed more than a dozen pieces of legislation that impose new immigration verification, reporting and enforcement responsibilities on state and local law enforcement officers, public health providers, government social workers and drivers license issuers.

Largely along party lines, the Republican …