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 17, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
A 37-year old Guatemalan national who reentered the U.S. after being previously deported in 2022 and wanted on charges of rape of a child and aggravated sexual battery in Alocoa, Tennessee was arrested last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)....
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 23, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee unveiled his administration’s agenda on illegal immigration for state lawmakers to debate during next week’s special legislative session. On Wednesday, Lee’s office released the governor’s agenda for tacking illegal immigration in the state...
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...
