The deaths of Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti have shaken up the conversation about how states should respond to immigration crackdowns across the country.
Some Democratic leaders have vowed to hold federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers accountable — even charging them with crimes.
However, after Trump took office last year, many red states jumped to support the president’s mass deportation efforts.
In Tennessee, the state provides grants to law enforcement agencies that work with ICE. Since that was passed last year, the number of sheriff’s offices and police departments that have signed a formal agreement with ICE has skyrocketed.
Now, Republican lawmakers in the state are considering making that voluntary program involuntary as part of a bigger immigration package. Kentucky lawmakers are moving in the same direction.


I believe they do care, because they:
A. Don’t want trouble in their own backyards B. Are aware of the lax gun laws in Texas and other red states C. Are all in to ‘punish’ blue states, as well as recon said states for upcoming election intimidation and interference