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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 30, 2017
A planned Tennessee lawsuit to challenge refugee resettlement is up in the air following President Trump's executive order suspending resettlement in the United States, Nashville Public Radio reports. Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, backed the lawsuit, but now says attorneys are trying to decide whether the state still has a case. "It could mean that our standing is in question, depending on how long the moratorium lasts," Norris said Thursday. "What I may do is ask for a meeting with the new attorney general, with Jeff Sessions." The Tennessean has more