Griffey’s anti-immigrant agenda finds little traction in the state House

Bruce Griffey

Bruce Griffey arrived in Nashville with a splash during his first term as a state representative.

The Paris, Tennessee, Republican appeared on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle in February to talk about his state bill that would have taxed remittances to Mexico to help pay for President Donald Trump’s wall on the southern border. The Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition identified his legislative agenda, including the border-wall bill and a handful of other immigration-related proposals, as their lobbying priority for the year.