State of Tennessee Files Constitutional Challenge to Refugee Resettlement Program
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by Michael Patrick Leahy13 Mar 20173,000
The Thomas More Law Center filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the Tennessee General Assembly and the State of Tennessee in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee on Monday challenging the federal refugee resettlement program for violating the state’s sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The lawsuit places Tennessee at the center of the national debate concerning the operation of the federal refugee resettlement program.
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