Tennessee court temporarily blocks state health officials from sharing undocumented ill children’s information (opens original article in a new tab)

A Tennessee court temporarily blocked the state health department from sharing information about undocumented children with immigration authorities, following a lawsuit against a new law that would have required such disclosures.

• A Tennessee court issued a temporary restraining order blocking the state health department from sharing identifying information of undocumented children with immigration authorities
• The order was granted after a lawsuit by a nonprofit group on behalf of physicians opposing a new law requiring health departments to report undocumented individuals to immigration enforcement
• The law would have forced the health department to share details of about 400 immigrant children in a public health program with state immigration authorities