Tennessee Sues Feds Over Refugee Resettlement, Cites 10th Amendment

Cybercast News Service ^ | March 14, 2017 | 12:44 PM EDT | Andrew Eicher

[Olog-hai]

The State of Tennessee filed a lawsuit on March 13, becoming the first state in the nation to sue the federal government over refugee resettlement on the grounds of the U.S. Constitution’s 10^th Amendment, The Tennessean reported.

Tennessee argues that the federal government has forced the states to pay for the refugee resettlement program, thereby violating the 10^th Amendment, which says the federal government possesses only the powers granted to it by the U.S. Constitution and that all other powers are reserved for the states. While other states have sued the federal government over refugee resettlement, this lawsuit is the first on these legal grounds.

Filed on behalf of several state lawmakers, the lawsuit names the U.S. Department of State, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Office of Refugee Resettlement as defendants.

The state requests the court to forbid the federal government from resettling refugees in Tennessee until the federal government covers all costs associated with the settlement. …

[Libertynotfree]

IN that case, Fed doesn’t have to accept refugee, unless State picks up the costs, it’s the end of story.

[Terry L Smith]

Dear olog,

I concur.