Civil rights lawyers ask judge to reopen challenge to law making illegal immigration a state crime

Civil rights lawyers ask judge to reopen challenge to law making illegal immigration a state crime

Civil rights lawyers are asking a federal judge to reopen a case challenging new Tennessee law making it a misdemeanor offense to be present in the state without permanent legal. Pictured: an April immigration arrest in Nashville. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)The ACLU and National Immigration Law Center are asking a federal judge to reopen a case that challenges the constitutionality of new Tennessee law making illegal immigration a …