Twenty-seven percent of the refugees who arrived in Tennessee between 2011 and 2015 tested positive for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), according to data provided to Breitbart News by the Tennessee Office for Refugees (TOR). TOR is the subsidiary of Catholic…
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The Endless Wars Will Be Our Undoing
If you believed America’s longest war, in Afghanistan, was coming to an end, be advised: It is not. Departing U.S. commander Gen. John Campbell says there will need to be U.S. boots on the ground “for years to come.” Making…
Read MoreShould “Refugees” Face a Religious Test?
As I argued in Faithless Execution, the principal constitutional duty of the chief executive is to execute the laws faithfully. President Obama, by contrast, sees his principal task as imposing his post-American “progressive” preferences, regardless of what the laws mandate….
Read MoreRep Casada Calls for National Guard Use Against Refugees
With several GOP governors calling to stop Syrian refugees from entering their states in the wake of the Paris attacks, one Republican leader in Tennessee wants to take that matter further: He says the National Guard should round up the…
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…
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