Tennessee says illegal immigrants can marry

For the first time in a decade, immigration status won’t stop couples from obtaining marriage licenses in Davidson County and marrying anywhere in Tennessee. Counties across the state could follow suit depending on the outcome of the Nashville case that sparked the policy change.

Davidson County Clerk John Arriola switched direction Thursday after a state attorney general’s opinion sided with a couple who sued him for refusing to issue a marriage license based on the prospective groom’s lack of documents. Since at least 1998, county clerks in Tennessee asked for a Social Security card, or, failing in that, a valid passport and visa.”*

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