Tag: immigration
State Admits TB Cases Came From Immigrants, Refugees
Tennessee–Three foreign-born residents of Nashville, Tennessee were diagnosed with multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) in 2014 and 2015, according to the Tennessee Department of Health. All told, in the six years between 2010 and 2015, seven cases of MDR TB…
Read MoreFederal Judge Doubts Government’s Story in Local Case
On Jan. 14, Mohamed Omar, a 31-year-old Nashville resident who buys and sells used cars for a living, was released after serving almost four years off and on in a federal detention center outside of Bowling Green, Ky. That in…
Read MoreImmigration Irony: Sumner County’s First Baby of 2016 is Latino
Sumner County’s first baby of the new year, Anthony Balderas Vasquez, was born at 10:22 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2016, at TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center in Hendersonville. Anthony is a healthy baby boy weighing 7 lbs. and 7 oz. He…
Read MoreObama to Use Military Bases to House Illegals
The new surge of illegal immigrant youths has forced the federal government to look at an emergency plan to house them at six military bases at at least two federal worker centers, according to the administration. The Pentagon is beginning…
Read MoreMetro Teaching Foreigners How to Be American
Nashville’s stunning growth of 80 people a day is matched by an important group within that group. The latest figures show that 12 percent of Nashville residents are foreign born. With that in mind, an Office of New Americans was…
Read MoreLegislature Considers Dangers of Muslim Refugees
Tennessee lawmakers had many questions Wednesday afternoon about refugees who have been resettled in the state by the federal government and the ones that still might come here. Concern nationwide and in Tennessee grew after a Syrian passport was found…
Read MoreHaslam Supports Meaningless Ban on Refugees
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, Gov. Bill Haslam asked federal officials Monday to stop sending Syrian refugees to Tennessee. The statement from the Republican governor comes amid similar calls from other GOP lawmakers representing Tennessee at…
Read MoreHow Many of the Refugees Are Actually Terrorists?
Tennessee will likely receive some of the 10,000 Syrian refugees that President Barack Obama says the U.S. will admit for resettlement over the next 12 months. The Tennessee Office for Refugees, based in Nashville, is waiting for more information on…
Read MoreWhere Will All the New Carpetbaggers Live?
At least 1 million people are expected to move to the Nashville region over the next 20 years. Already, the early arrivals have begun to dramatically change the landscape of the suburban counties surrounding the city. Thousands of new homes…
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