Protests erupted in the Tennessee House of Representatives on Tuesday over legislation that would allow public schools to bar migrant children without legal status from receiving an education. Tennessee is among several Republican-led states seeking to implement legislation aligned with President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration agenda.

House and Senate Republicans are now running two significantly different versions of the bill, which the GOP hopes will trigger a Supreme Court case.

"This gives an option to the local districts to require that proof of citizenship just as they require proof of residency or immunization," the sponsor of bill said.