by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 18, 2025 | National, News, Policy, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show
Todd Bensman, a senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, said the shackling of migrants for deportation flights is a necessary safety measure to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and pilots. Bensman pointed to...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 14, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Aaron Gulbransen with the Tennessee Conservatives Coalition said a bill filed in the Tennessee General Assembly is “designed” to serve as a challenge to the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plyler v. Doe. The bill filed by Tennessee House Majority Leader William...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 5, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said law enforcement agencies involved in the January 20 arrest of five teenagers who attempted a break-in at the Arms and Ammo store in Franklin provided a “stunning lack of information” on the case after The Star...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 22, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) was the only member of the Tennessee congressional delegation to vote against the Laken Riley Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. The Laken Riley Act, filed as S.5, is named after Laken Riley, the...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 20, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) voted with the majority to pass the Laken Riley Act on Monday evening. The Laken Riley Act, filed as S.5, is named after Laken Riley, the 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was killed last year at the...
