Letters to immigrant families warn critically-ill kids to be reported to Tennessee Centralized Immigration Enforcement Division if they remain in a public health program
“For some of these children, loss of life is not a hyperbolic outcome in this scenario” one clinic director told me
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Coolican: I spoke with Melissa Hortman 36 hours before she was killed. Here’s some of what she said.
GOP Rep. Mark Cochran:
"Tennessee taxpayers expect and deserve to have their resources prioritized for legal residents and citizens first.
(This) ensures Tennessee public benefits are reserved for those legally present in the U.S. and directs appropriate referrals to ICE" fox17.com/news/local/t...
Tennessee lawmakers are considering changes to the Jackson Law, which gives local communities control over whether to approve or reject landfills
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Sen Richard Briggs said he is “appalled” that Knox County Schools removed Pulitzer Prize-winning “Roots” after a school district committee determined it violated Tennessee state policy.
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“...the commissioner was not happy with us being there unannounced. But it is what it is. We’re the oversight committee, and I didn’t know that we, as senators, had to get permission from anybody to visit a state office anywhere" - TN GOP state Sen. Tom Hatcher
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Just in: Metro Nashville was set to file suit Wednesday, joined by the Metro Nashville Airport Authority, against the state of Tennessee to stop another airport board takeover. This is the latest in a more than three-year long legal fight.
DAMNING DETENTION CENTER REPORT: A hastily constructed immigrant detention facility wasted millions in federal funds & failed to meet basic standards, says report by nonpartisan government watchdog @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/gao-...
Melissa Hortman often told me things she probably shouldn’t have. One time when I was a Capitol reporter with the Star Tribune, she expressed displeasure with a profile I’d written about a Republican...
Republicans in Congress clear final hurdle for $70B boost in immigration enforcement
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WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday approved three years of funding for immigration enforcement without any new guardrails on how federal agents operate. The 214-212 vote sent the nearly $7...
Information on sick or disabled undocumented children receiving public health care will soon be reported to Tennessee's new immigration enforcement division.
WASHINGTON — A hastily constructed immigrant detention facility on a military base in Texas wasted millions in federal funding and failed to meet basic standards, according to a report released Tuesda...
