Tennessee Republicans' immigration bill package ignores other affordability issues, Democrats say, setting up a battle in the General Assembly.
The bills address a wide range of topics from requiring proof of citizenship to obtaining some professional licenses to an English-only test to receive a driver's license.
Lawmakers are reviving a bill that would allow schools to verify students' immigration status. Sen. Bo Watson, R-Hixson, sponsored legislation last year that would allow schools to do so and decide whether to charge out-of-state tuition to people illegally in the country, but it failed to make it out of the House.
