U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson

Civil rights groups, including the ACLU and National Immigration Law Center, have renewed their legal challenge against a Tennessee law that criminalizes illegal immigration by making it a misdemeanor for noncitizens to remain in the state over 90 days after a deportation order. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of two long-term Tennessee residents, seeks to block the law and claims it violates the Supremacy Clause by encroaching on federal immigration authority.

Civil rights lawyers from the ACLU and National Immigration Law Center are petitioning a federal judge to reopen a case challenging Tennessee's law that criminalizes illegal immigration. The judge previously dismissed the case due to plaintiffs' lack of standing, but lawyers provided new evidence showing two plaintiffs face arrest under the law. The law imposes a Class A misdemeanor for remaining in Tennessee after a deportation order, with potential jail time and fines.

An extreme heat warning is in effect for Middle Tennessee until June 30, with heat indices reaching 110 degrees. Metro is conducting heat patrols, and residents are advised to stay in air-conditioned spaces. The Choose How You Move program is advancing an overhaul of Nolensville Pike, including transit lanes and safety improvements. A class-action lawsuit challenging a Tennessee law targeting noncitizens was dismissed by a federal judge.