Tennessee House Majority Whip Johnny Garrett (R-Goodlettsville) filed a bill on Thursday that would prohibit anyone who holds dual citizenship or is not a natural-born U.S. citizen from qualifying as a candidate in federal primary elections.
Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), along with other senators, introduced a bill that would deport child care providers who are non-citizens who commit fraud.
Besides deportation, the Stop Fraud by Strengthening Oversight and More Accountability for Lying and Illegal Activity Act would prevent non-citizens who engage in this from getting lawful status in America and bar them from asylum.
A doctor who works for the Department of Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has been arrested and charged with child sexual exploitation charges, arrest records provided by the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office show.
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Mike Dunavant has joined the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in filing an amicus brief in support of the State of Tennessee’s appeal over a legal challenge to Governor Bill Lee’s deployment of the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis.
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Mike Dunavant has joined the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in filing an amicus brief in support of the State of Tennessee’s appeal over a legal challenge to Governor Bill Lee’s deployment of the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis.
The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy on Thursday publicly invited television host Mike Rowe to Nashville for an education forum after Rowe called for a national conversation on addressing the growing shortage of skilled workers in the U.S.
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