
Brian Wilson
Writer and Producer at WSIL-TV (Carterville, IL)
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4 weeks ago |
tennesseestar.com | Brian Wilson
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 Congress, the Trump Justice Department, and Border Czar Tom Homan over immigration enforcement policies.
Nashville Immigration Battle Highlights Cozy Relationship Between City and Murky Non-Profit Spending
1 month ago |
lucianne.com | Brian Wilson
Original Article Posted By: philsner, 5/21/2025 9:21:02 AM An audit of Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) - one of the key progressive players opposing President Trump's immigration enforcement efforts in Middle Tennessee - found "material weaknesses" and "significant deficiencies" in its accounting procedures." In its 2023 audit - the most recent available - the Certified Public Accounting Firm Watkins Uiberol, found TIRRC did not track how some $383,497 in taxpayer...
Nashville Immigration Battle Highlights Cozy Relationship Between City and Murky Non-Profit Spending
1 month ago |
tennesseestar.com | Brian Wilson
An audit of Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) — one of the key progressive players opposing President Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts in Middle Tennessee — found “material weaknesses” and “significant deficiencies” in its accounting procedures.”In its 2023 audit — the most recent available — the Certified Public Accounting Firm Watkins Uiberol, found TIRRC did not track how some $383,497 in taxpayer money it passed through to other groups was spent.
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1 month ago |
tennesseestar.com | Brian Wilson
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 own admission on Instagram, worked to “delay and distract” ICE officers from carrying out illegal immigration enforcement.
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1 month ago |
tennesseestar.com | Brian Wilson
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 liberal Mayor, Freddie O’Connell and members of the democrat-majority City Council expressing outrage that federal immigration laws were being enforced in their city.
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