A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a Tennessee law signed by Republican Gov. Bill Lee in May that criminalizes providing shelter to illegal immigrants.
Senate Bill 392, which took effect Tuesday, created a felony in Tennessee for human smuggling, which the law classifies as concealing, harboring, or shielding people determined by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be in the country illegally, for financial gain, The Washington Post reported.
A coalition led by the Tennessee-based Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America filed the lawsuit on June 20, joined by a Nashville landlord and a Mexican immigrant in the state. They alleged that the law is unconstitutionally vague, oversteps federal authority to regulate immigration, and could place churches, landlords, and immigrant communities in the state’s crosshairs.
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