A Tennessee state lawmaker introduced a bill to require law enforcement to send illegal migrants accused of minor crimes to sanctuary cities rather than deporting them to another country.

State Rep. Todd Warner, a Republican, filed the bill, the Tennessee Illegal Immigration Act, ahead of the legislative session. The proposal would also ensure that all law enforcement agencies report illegal migrants to federal immigration authorities.

Warner told Fox 17 that sending migrants to a sanctuary city could cost the state less than deporting them to their home countries, even if the federal government would eventually take on the deportation costs.

“It seeks to make Tennessee safer. It seeks to make the federal government, you know hold their feet to the fire and enforce immigration law and it seeks the state to recoup some costs back out of it,” he said.

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Under the bill, if ICE fails to show up in 48 hours to pick up an illegal migrant who is detained, law enforcement would help send them to a sanctuary city. Warner said the arresting agency would be responsible for relocating the detained migrants.

Warner said this would be paid for by withholding money Tennessee generates for the federal government through the gas tax.

The lawmaker said he plans to add an amendment clarifying that the bill would only apply to illegal migrants charged with a minor offense. Violent criminals would still be subject to deportation.

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Under the Tennessee Illegal Immigration Act, if ICE fails to show up in 48 hours to pick up an illegal migrant who is detained, law enforcement would help send them to a sanctuary city. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

“This is for victimless crimes. This is not for someone that has committed a terrible crime,” Warner told Fox 17.

Hannah Smalley, the Advocacy and Education Manager at Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors, argues that the proposal would unnecessarily separate migrant families.

“The mere act of being transported away from your family is damaging,” she told Fox 17. “This means that people, including people who have not been charged with crimes, are going to be facing these really punitive consequences just on the basis of their immigration status.”

Drone view of the Tennessee State Capitol.  ((Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images))

“When U.S. citizens commit crimes and we pay a fine or we go to jail,” she added. “Immigrants are also doing that. So to then make this about someone’s immigration status, which is totally separate from any kind of crime that they would have committed, is not productive to our community as a whole.”

Warner said he still has to tweak the bill, but he is hoping it will receive bipartisan support in the legislature.

A Florida man who went missing after rough waters knocked him off his jet ski over the weekend is back on solid ground after a dramatic rescue.

Joseph Baricklow, 53, was reported missing after witnesses found his jet ski abandoned in the waters off the St. Lucie Inlet on Sunday, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.

The agency said it deployed deputies working the 100-Shift, along with its Aviation Unit, Community Policing Unit and Marine Units to search for Baricklow.

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“Fortunately, MSCO located him clinging to the rocks off the north jetty of the St. Lucie Inlet,” the sheriff’s office said on Facebook.

The waters were rough, so the U.S. Coast Guard was called in to assist with the rescue.

The Martin County Sheriff’s Office teamed up with the Coast Guard to rescue missing jet skier Joseph Baricklow. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office / Screenshot)

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USCG Aviation Survival Technicians were able to maneuver over the rocks Baricklow was clinging to and hoisted him to safety in their helicopter.

The USCG was able to hover over the rocks and hoist Joseph Baricklow to safety. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office / Screenshot)

Baricklow was brought to the shore and taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

“This is truly an example of incredible lifesaving teamwork by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office and our federal partners at the United States Coast Guard,” the sheriff’s office said.

A Florida woman is behind bars after she allegedly threatened a Blue Cross Blue Shield agent during a phone call about a recently denied insurance claim.

Polk County jail records show Briana Boston, 42, was charged with threats to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism after she was recorded saying, “Delay, deny, depose. You people are next,” FOX 13 Tampa Bay reported.

Boston was upset about medical claims that had been denied recently and that she used the recent murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as an attempt to threaten the company, the Lakeland Police Department told the outlet.

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When Lakeland officers went to Boston’s home, she allegedly admitted to making the threat and apologized. 

She also told police she does not own firearms and is not dangerous.

An arrest affidavit seen by FOX 13 revealed that Boston also said healthcare companies “deserved karma from the world because they are evil” and play games.

Briana Boston allegedly told Blue Cross Blue Shield, ‘Delay, deny, depose. You people are next,’ during a recorded call with the insurance company, referencing the words found on shell casings at the scene of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder. (Florida Blue/Facebook)

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Boston’s arrest comes days after Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, was arrested for allegedly murdering Thompson in cold blood in New York City on Dec. 4.

Shell casings at the scene of the brazen murder reportedly had the words “delay,” “deny” and “depose” written on them.

Reactions to Thompson’s murder have been split on social media, with some people hailing Mangione as a “hero” for going after the insurance CEO while others condemned the act of violence.

Luigi Mangione, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in New York in connection with the Dec. 4 execution of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (David Dee Delagado for Fox News Digital / Businesswire)

In the wake of Thompson’s slaying, UnitedHealthcare removed the pictures and names of its executives from its website. 

Fears of copycat actors have led other insurance companies, including some Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, and pharmacies to do the same.