Another Tennessee television network publishes a story about how recent ICE arrests will impact the state’s economy without discussing who has been arrested.
On Wednesday, WSMV4 published a story talking about how the construction industry is being impacted by the federal government’s arrest of illegal immigrants.
The Department of Homeland Security announced this week that almost 200 criminal illegal aliens were arrested. Ninety-five of these individuals had prior criminal convictions and pending criminal charges. Another 31 people had entered America illegally after being deported, which is a felony.
The outlet talked to an owner of a construction business, who told WSMV4 that their workers are “afraid to even come to job sites.”
“They’re afraid of the permit office coming by and checking up and then calling ICE,” the owner told the outlet.
WSMV4 also talked to a woman who owns a construction business, who said her “number one guy,” who was on every job site, was picked up by ICE and sent back to Mexico.
“It’s devastating,” she told the outlet. “We’re prioritizing the wrong things…Not to mention that people are afraid to even do a whole lot of construction right now because of all the tariffs and the way that the economy is looking. And you pair that with staff who are afraid to work. It’s not a good outcome.”
The article does mention the event of federal law enforcement arresting over 100 people, but WSMV4 does not describe the type of people who were taken off the streets.
According to the Migration Policy Institute, 33 percent of Tennessee’s illegal immigrant population works in the construction industry.
The television station is owned by Gray Television, which owns other television stations in Tennessee, including WMC-TV in Memphis and WVLT-TV in Knoxville.
According to Open Secrets, 90 percent of Gray Television’s donations went to Democrats in 2024.
WSMV4 was not the only television station in Tennessee to cover how these ICE operations will impact the state’s economy.
Fox 17 reported that restaurants on Lower Broadway closed down due to the rumored presence of federal law enforcement.
“It’s just creating this general sense of fear all the time,” said a manager to the outlet. “There were rumors flying around about ICE being on Lower Broadway. It was credible enough that we had to close the restaurant because back-of-house staff had to leave. Everyone split.”
This article, which was published on Monday, mentions people getting arrested but fails to describe in detail the type of people arrested.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, a publicly traded company, owns this outlet, which gave 55 percent of its donations to Democrats last year.
This company owns seven television stations in Tennessee.
Instead of protecting the Nashville community against illegal immigrants, Mayor Freddie O’Connell has established an initiative called the “Belonging Fund,” which will help families that have been affected by the law enforcement operation.
The mayor recently said that the operation wasn’t necessary because Nashville could lower crime without breaking up families, harming the economy, or impacting a whole community.
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Zachery Schmidt is the digital editor of The Star News Network. Email tips to Zachery at [email protected].
Shorter version: Enforcing the law causes fear in people breaking the law.
Conviction by lucifer’s dimmercraps is a badge of honor.
GOOD!! Anybody employing illegals oughta be put out of business and prosecuted.
quit hiring illegals?
So, ICE should look at the employee records of construction sites and also arrest the site owners and hiring personnel who are aiding and abetting in their illegal alien hiring practices. Sounds pretty simple, go get em boys!
So what going to be your excuse for excusing criminal behavior when all of Trump’s convictions are thrown out, as they surely will be.
And refresh my memory! Are these businesses and construction firms not breaking the law by hiring undocumented, illegal, and ineligible employees??????????
You mean the one misdemeanor that was well past its statute of limitations that the Lawfare DemocRats turned into 34 felonies through politically motivated Hocus Pocus with no basis in law? LOL! You weak minded, gullible sycophants never cease to amaze me.
Looking forward to owners of construction companies and TV stations being arrested and prosecuted for Aiding and Abetting criminal illegal aliens.
Also looking forward to the jobs that will become available to US Citizens.
Booyah and amen, brother!
Good. Less propaganda on the airwaves. Just one more benefit of enforcement.
Good, hire Americans or workers in our country legally and the problem goes away. But if that happened the democrats would not be able self satisfy their misguided belief in themselves.
I wouldn’t get too concerned…. Felony Schmelony… our President has 34 of ’em….