by Kaitlin Housler | Aug 31, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
The Tennessee Department of Revenue issued guidance Wednesday regarding an upcoming change requiring Tennesseans to provide proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful presence when applying for the initial registration of motor vehicles beginning January 1, 2027. The...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 26, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Veteran journalist and public affairs specialist Clint Brewer said “elections matter” after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration may move forward with terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Haiti and...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 11, 2026 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, argued that a proposed $60,000 grant to the Tennessee Justice Center undermines claims by Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell that city funding for nonprofit organizations would not support immigration-related...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 5, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, reports that Nashville officials have either not created or have not produced documentation required under Tennessee law for a proposed $735,000 grant to the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC),...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 26, 2026 | News, Ohio, Politics, State News, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The Midwest
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is facing sharp criticism from within his own party over his defense of Haitian migrants in Springfield, as conservative activist and founder of the Ohio-based We the People Convention Tom Zawistowski accused him of siding with immigrants...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 8, 2026 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South
Ben Cunningham, founder of the Nashville Tea Party, contrasted modern expectations of immigration with those of the early 1900s, noting that the 1921 Manual of the United States for the Information of Immigrants and Foreigners, emphasized firm expectations of...
by Brian Wilson | May 29, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South
Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, facing questions over his handling of illegal immigration, thrust an advisory council of local liberal activists into a heated clash with federal and state officials. The move is drawing scrutiny from a Republican-controlled...
by Brian Wilson | May 13, 2025 | Justice, Politics, Tennessee, The South
Recent statements from Nashville officials seem to run perilously close to violating state law. From Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s carefully crafted statements — to Police Chief John Drake’s declaration that the Metro Nashville officers “do...
by Brian Wilson | May 13, 2025 | Justice, News, Policy, Tennessee, The Tennessee Star
President Trump’s Immigration Czar Tom Homan has repeatedly warned against interfering with ICE attempts to arrest those in this country illegally. That is exactly what State Representative Aftyn Behn (D-Nashville) appeared to be doing over the weekend as she, by her...
by Brian Wilson | May 7, 2025 | Justice, News, Policy, Politics, Tennessee, The South
Battle lines are being drawn over immigration enforcement in Nashville. It’s shaping up as a fight once again pitting liberals who control the island of blue that is Davidson County versus the sea of red that is Tennessee. In one corner, Nashville’s...
