{"id":636,"date":"2011-02-07T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/blog_news\/?p=636"},"modified":"2011-02-07T06:00:23","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T11:00:23","slug":"citizenship-status-verification-requirement-in-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/2011\/02\/07\/citizenship-status-verification-requirement-in-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizenship Status Verification Requirement in Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Citizenship Status Verification Requirement in Tennessee<\/h1>\n<p>Effective January 1, 2011, <strong>Tennessee<\/strong> police officers are required to verify the citizenship status of anyone <strong>arrested<\/strong> for any <strong>criminal offense<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When a person is arrested, booked or confined for any period in the <strong>jail<\/strong> of the county or any municipality, the keeper of the jail <strong>shall verify the citizenship status<\/strong> of each arrested, booked, or otherwise confined individual and report those individuals to the appropriate immigration and customs enforcement detention and removal operations field office if the keeper of the jail determines that the individual is in <strong>violation<\/strong> of the <strong>Immigration and Naturalization Act<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Remember if you or a loved one is <strong>charged or arrested for any criminal offens<\/strong>e, or are being investigated for any crime seek the <a title=\"Criminal Attorneys in Chattanooga TN\" href=\"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/criminal-defense-lawyer\/\"><strong>advice of a criminal attorney<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 If your citizenship status or alien status is in question seek the advice of an immigration attorney.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <strong>criminal law issues<\/strong> on the The Law and You in Chattanooga Tennessee:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp-caption\" title=\"DUI Felony Misdemeanor attorneys lawyers TN\" href=\"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/2011\/07\/04\/tennessee-pretrial-diversion-changes-no-diversion-for-dui-offenses\/\">Can you get pre-trial diversion in Tennessee?<\/a> <a class=\"wp-caption\" title=\"Criminal Law Defense Lawyers purplelawfirm.com\" href=\"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/2010\/10\/17\/what-is-a-plea-bargain\/\">What does it mean to plea bargain? <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee Police Officers are now required to verify the citizenship status of anyone who is arrested and confined for any period of time in any county or city jail. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/2011\/02\/07\/citizenship-status-verification-requirement-in-tennessee\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[53,110,112,220],"yst_prominent_words":[729,1569,440,1573,1571,1566,1575,413,1572,1105,402,1574,1567,355,1576,1154,1570,485,1568,1565],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-admin","4":"has-excerpt","5":"post-636","7":"format-standard","8":"category-criminal-law","9":"post_tag-attorney-at-law","10":"post_tag-criminal-defense","11":"post_tag-criminal-law-tennessee","12":"post_tag-lawyer-legal-professional"},"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Todd Couvillon","author_link":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"hoot-small-preview":false,"hoot-large-preview":false,"hoot-medium-preview":false,"hoot-wide":false,"hoot-extra-wide":false,"hoot-boxcontent":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Todd Couvillon","author_link":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Tennessee Police Officers are now required to verify the citizenship status of anyone who is arrested and confined for any period of time in any county or city jail. 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