by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 25, 2025 | Justice, National, News
Federal authorities arrested a judge and a former judge this week for allegedly helping illegal immigrants. In New Mexico, former Judge Joel Cano, along with his wife, Nancy Cano, were charged with allegedly tampering with evidence and harboring an alleged Tren de...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 21, 2025 | Justice, National, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show
Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Tennessee Star, said the U.S. legal system, especially the federal judiciary, is being used to block or delay the deportation of illegal aliens in contradiction to the will of the people and the intent of President...
by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 14, 2025 | Justice, National, News
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed another lawsuit last week against the Trump administration over its use of the 1798 Aliens Enemy Act to deport illegal immigrants. This is the ACLU’s third lawsuit against the administration regarding this issue. The...
by Zachery Schmidt | Mar 28, 2025 | Justice, National, News
The DOJ petitioned the United States Supreme Court on Friday to intervene in a decision blocking the Trump administration from using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged criminal illegal immigrants. On March 15, President Donald Trump used the 1798 law to...
by Zachery Schmidt | Mar 25, 2025 | Justice, National, News
ICE announced Monday it arrested 370 illegal aliens in Massachusetts during an enhanced targeted enforcement operation. This operation occurred from March 18 to March 23 with ICE and other federal law enforcement partners. Fifty-five percent of the illegal aliens...
by Zachery Schmidt | Mar 24, 2025 | Economy, National, News
President Donald Trump announced Monday that America would put a 25 percent tariff on countries that purchase oil or gas from Venezuela. Trump said this secondary tariff will go into effect on April 2. This Venezuela tariff would be part of other tariffs set to occur...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 20, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is among a coalition of 26 state attorneys general that filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in support of the Trump administration’s efforts to deport members of the violent Venezuelan...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 12, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD
Eight Venezuelan nationals, two of which are connected to the violent Tren de Aragua gang, were indicted Tuesday on charges relating to a human trafficking operation being run out of Nashville, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee announced....