Tennessee governor leaves immigration enforcement out of final address

By: Sam Stockard

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: February 3, 2026

Words: 921

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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House Republicans continued their push to toughen immigration laws days before Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee made his final State of the State address. But the governor didn’t talk about immigration Monday night, heading into the last year of his two terms.

The omission was not lost on Democratic state Rep. Justin Pearson of Memphis, who opposes a massive deployment of Tennessee National Guard troops and state, local and federal officers to Memphis to cut down …

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