The ACLU of Tennessee and the state are taking time to “explore the possibility of settlement” in the ACLU’s lawsuit against the Tennessee law that can charge public officials with a felony for voting in favor of sanctuary city policies.

At the start of this year, state lawmakers passed an omnibus immigration bill that created a new immigration enforcement division, created a separate driver’s license design for undocumented Tennesseans, and made it a felony for any local official to vote in favor of so-called “sanctuary city” laws. These are policies that limit cooperation between local government and federal immigration enforcement, and have been highly politicized in recent years.

Tennessee had already banned sanctuary cities back in 2019. Still, the Department of Homeland Security in

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