Andrew Schwartz

Journalist at Chattanooga Times Free Press

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ICE to keep trying to deport Dalton student after report of mistaken traffic stop

1 day ago | timesfreepress.com | Andrew Schwartz

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said Tuesday evening that "removal proceedings will continue" against a Dalton State College student who ended up in ICE custody after a police officer pulled her over by mistake. The ICE spokesperson, Lindsay Johnson, was responding to an emailed question about whether Dalton's admission would have any effect on Ximena Arias-Cristobal's ongoing detention in an ICE facility.
Police mistakenly arrested Dalton State student in traffic stop, but she remains in ICE custody

3 days ago | timesfreepress.com | Andrew Schwartz

Authorities have dismissed traffic charges against a Dalton State College student later transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody after determining that Dalton Police pulled over the wrong vehicle. Ximena Arias-Cristobal was detained by ICE following the arrest and remained in federal custody at Stewart Detention Center in Georgia on Monday afternoon, according to ICE records.
Hamilton County law enforcement turning more and more people over to ICE

5 days ago | timesfreepress.com | Andrew Schwartz

Hamilton County law enforcement turning more and more people over to ICE 2 minutes ago by Andrew Schwartz Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Sheriff Austin Garrett leads a tour of the Hamilton County Jail and Detention Center on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Between 2021 and 2024, agency records indicate, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office turned over an average of 41 people per year to federal immigration authorities.
Viewers at Chattanooga rectory toast ‘bridge builder’ pope

1 week ago | timesfreepress.com | Andrew Schwartz

On the corner table, a chessboard, six champagne flutes and a corked up bottle of Prosecco. A few feet over, a sound bar and a flat screen television. And on it a live feed from Rome. Seated around this well-lit den Thursday afternoon in the rectory of Chattanooga's Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, priests and friends gabbed, munched on takeout from Shangri-la, fiddled with phones, reclined in couches and waited — expectantly. In mere moments, the new pope would say his first words.
Tennessee charities have new unauthorized immigrant liability

1 week ago | timesfreepress.com | Andrew Schwartz

Tennessee charities have new unauthorized immigrant liability 4 minutes ago by Andrew Schwartz Staff photo by Abby White / Gov. Bill Lee speaks near Chattanooga on April 29, 2025. A few days later, he signed a measure into law that makes charities liable for crimes committed by unauthorized immigrants to whom they've given housing assiatance.
Lee’s taxpayer funded project was reared on Christian money

1 week ago | timesfreepress.com | Andrew Schwartz

Lee’s taxpayer funded project was reared on Christian money 2 minutes ago by Andrew Schwartz Tennessee Governor's Faith-Based and Community Initiative / Governor's Faith-Based and Community Initiative Executive Director Lance Villio addresses foster care leaders at Motlow Community College in March. Box: Data table. WEB: Please see the all caps note below regarding where to insert the box.
Lee’s taxpayer funded project was reared on Christian money

1 week ago | timesfreepress.com | Andrew Schwartz

Lee’s taxpayer funded project was reared on Christian money 3 minutes ago by Andrew Schwartz Tennessee Governor's Faith-Based and Community Initiative / Governor's Faith-Based and Community Initiative Executive Director Lance Villio addresses foster care leaders at Motlow Community College in March. From Alpharetta, Georgia, the National Christian Charitable Foundation says it helps generous people create Bible-based giving strategies.
Tennessee woman: US falsely tied immigrant husband to gang

2 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Andrew Schwartz

Tennessee woman: US falsely tied immigrant husband to gang 4 minutes ago by Andrew Schwartz Contributed photo / Daisy Rodriguez, 32, of Sweetwater, Tennessee, says U.S. State Department officials falsely accused her immigrant husband of gang ties. He has not been allowed in the U.S. for more than two years. One day around 2011, Daisy Rodriguez recalled, Santos Maudilio Saucedo Rivas walked into a restaurant where she worked in Loudon, Tennessee.
Before state money flowed, Tennessee faith project had big private donor: the governor

2 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Andrew Schwartz

Before state money flowed, Tennessee faith project had big private donor: the governor 3 minutes ago by Andrew Schwartz Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks Sept. 23, 2024, at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Around the time he requested public funds for his faith based passion project, he was its largest private donor, tax filings show. Two years ago, Tennessee lawmakers voted to allow a passion project of Gov.
How to be a better leader, according to this Chattanooga podcaster, coach, author

2 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Andrew Schwartz

In his forthcoming book, "C.H.A.R.T.ing a New Path for Leaders: Healing a Society Fractured by Leadership Failure," the Chattanooga area podcaster and leadership coach, John Ballinger, seeks to help business and ministry leaders become more confident and able. In an interview, edited for concision and clarity, he discussed his views on leadership and the human mind.

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