Tennessee’s One America Act: A State-Run Immigration Registration and One-Year Re-Entry Visa (HB1925/SB2037)

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Rep. Gino Bulso’s Tennessee bill HB1925/SB2037 would require anyone who has lived in the state more than 30 days and is not lawfully present to register with the Department of Safety and be interviewed to determine eligibility for a one-year re-entry visa, with a 90-day departure and a 30-day outside period before possible permanent residency if eligible, and Bulso frames it as a reimagining of immigration enforcement and seeks a partnership with USCIS, but it leaves enforcement and eligibility criteria vague while Senate action is sidelined this year and opponents note Sen. Todd Gardenhire’s immigration voting record as they eye a 2027 revival.