NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/WBIR) – Gov. Bill Lee has announced the appointment of the state’s first-ever Chief Immigration Enforcement Officer.
Lee picked Ryan Hubbard to lead Tennessee’s Centralized Immigration Enforcement Division, a part of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security.
The move is to help the state enforce a bill that was passed during a January special session to provide incentives for promoting the enforcement of federal immigration and criminal penalties/removal of officials who adopt sanctuary policies and create a centralized immigration enforcement division within the Department of Safety…