Labor Unions Are Leading the Anti-ICE Resistance, but They Once Opposed Immigration

by | Feb 9, 2026 | Economy, National, News

by Steven Richards   American unions, once wary of — or even outright hostile — to immigration because of its threat towards American wages and bargaining power, are now at the forefront of the anti-ICE protests opposing the Trump administration’s immigration...

Blackburn Urges Chief Justice Roberts to Investigate Justice Jackson’s Attendance at Politicized Grammy Awards

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 6, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sent a letter to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday urging an investigation into Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s attendance at the “highly politicized” 68th Annual Grammy Awards over the...

National Media Driving Resistance to ICE Enforcement in Minnesota, Pulliam Says

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 28, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South

As federal immigration agents face growing resistance in Minnesota, legal analyst Mark Pulliam says the most powerful force behind that opposition is the national press, which he argues is distorting facts and shaping public opinion to undermine enforcement of...

Tennessee Bill Would Make Law Enforcement Comply with Immigration Detainers

by Zachery Schmidt | Jan 13, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

A new bill looks to strengthen immigration enforcement in Tennessee. State Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) introduced Senate Bill (SB) 1486, which would require local law enforcement agencies to “accept and honor” federal immigration detainers. According to U.S....

Social Justice K-5 Charter School Linked to Radicalization of Minneapolis Woman Shot After Ramming SUV Toward ICE Agents: Report

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 9, 2026 | Education, National, News, Tennessee

Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis mother shot while interfering with a federal immigration enforcement operation on Wednesday after striking a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent with her SUV, reportedly became connected to an anti-ICE activist...

Tennessee Democrats’ ‘F**K ICE’ Post Fuels Organized Obstruction Nationwide, Reporter Says

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 8, 2026 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South, TN LEAD

Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said that the Tennessee Democratic Party’s expletive-laden social media post attacking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not an isolated outburst, but part of a broader political narrative that...

‘Crackpot’ Logic: Reporter Tom Pappert Slams Judge’s ‘Utterly Insane’ Order to Release Kilmar Abrego Garcia

by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 12, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, argued Obama-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis relied on what he calls “crackpot” legal logic by ruling that the visa used to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. for prosecution nullified his standing...

U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles Says TN Dept. of Children’s Services Possibly Harboring, Paying ‘Woke’ NGOs to Assist Illegal Alien Children

by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 4, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD

U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) is demanding answers from the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) after claiming his office has received whistleblower complaints suggesting that the state agency may be hiding large numbers of illegal alien...

Senator Blackburn Demands Answers from PimEyes over Facial Recognition Technology Used to Dox ICE Agents

by Kaitlin Housler | Nov 4, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is demanding answers from the face recognition search engine PimEyes over its image recognition software being used to dox federal officers. In September, Blackburn sent a letter to Giorgi Gobronidze, the owner and CEO of PimEyes,...

Illegal Alien from Guatemala Convicted of Sexual Assault Arrested in Nashville, DHS Announces

by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 30, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South

An illegal alien from Guatemala who has been convicted of sexual assault was arrested in Davidson County this week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced. Carlos Eduardo Garcia-Alarcon, the convicted sexual predator arrested in Davidson County, was...