Eight foreign men were arrested for looting in flood-ravaged Tennessee. They entered the country as farm workers. When they’re not farming, they have another talent: looting. Newsweek spoke to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Tennessee to ask about their status in the country. There were reports that they were here illegally. WCSO’s Public Information […] The post 8 Foreigners Caught Looting as Flooding Ravaged Tennessee appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

The immigration crisis has become one of the central issues in the presidential election, with Vice President Kamala Harris attempting to distance herself from the Biden-Harris administration’s poor record on the border. But at tonight’s vice presidential debate, Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, could be forced to defend his own radical record on immigration as well. As governor, Walz pushed for a slate of far-left immigration policies, advocating for Minnesota to become a sanctuary state, authorizing illegal immigrants to receive driver’s licenses and enroll in taxpayer-funded healthcare programs, and encouraging large-scale resettlement programs. Walz advocated for Minnesota to join the ranks of the other sanctuary states, which refuse to work with federal immigration authorities, during his 2018 gubernatorial campaign. “My position on Minnesota becoming a sanctuary state boils down to who has the responsibility for enforcing immigration laws,” Walz said during the campaign. “The role of law enforcement is to enforce state and local laws, not federal immigration laws, and I strongly believe that they should not do so.” Once in office, the Democrat signed far-left immigration proposals into law. Walz signed one bill in March 2023 that allowed approximately 81,000 illegal immigrants living in Minnesota to receive driver’s licenses, a measure that border security advocates with the Federation for American Immigration Reform say “promotes the normalization of illegal aliens and undermines the rule of law.” Walz also signed legislation as part of a budget agreement that allowed illegal immigrants to enroll in a taxpayer-funded healthcare program intended for low-income Minnesotans. That made Minnesota the only state in the nation besides California that allowed illegal immigrants to access publicly-funded healthcare programs. Walz also encouraged mass migrant resettlement in the state. The Democrat boasted in 2022  that Minnesota has “more refugees per capita than any other state,” calling it “our economic and cultural future” and celebrating that in one town “you see 50 languages spoken in the school.” UNEARTHED VIDEO: Tim Walz bragged about mass immigration overwhelming the small town of Worthington, Minnesota: “This beautiful diversity we see out in Worthington when I’m there, you see 50 languages spoken in the school.” pic.twitter.com/lmpfCTzQW8 — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 30, 2024 Despite the state already taking in a disproportionate amount of migrants, Walz encouraged even more refugee resettlement as governor. “Minnesota has a strong moral tradition of welcoming those who seek refuge,” he said in one 2019 letter to then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “I offer my consent to continue refugee resettlement in the State of Minnesota.” Walz’s letter came after the state had struggled with a mass influx of migrants, which led to Somali gang violence and sex trafficking operations plaguing Minneapolis. Tim Walz fought for more migrant resettlement in Minnesota while one of the largest migrant populations created child sex trafficking rings, joined criminal gangs, and engaged in the same sectarian conflict that sparked a civil war in their home country of Somalia. Thread ? pic.twitter.com/h9fTHDHHLH — Spencer Lindquist ?? (@SpencerLndqst) August 7, 2024 The increased focus on Walz’s immigration record comes as the Biden-Harris administration presides over a record-breaking surge in illegal immigration. An estimated 10 million illegal immigrants have come across the border since President Joe Biden took office. The Harris campaign has since attempted to portray the Democratic nominee as a “border state prosecutor” who is tough on immigration, even creating a campaign advertisement that featured former President Donald Trump’s border wall in the background.

The Biden-Harris administration’s “strategy of appeasement has failed,” House GOP leaders declared on Tuesday after Iran launched yet another attack on Israel as tensions continue to escalate across the region in the Middle East. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was joined by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) in releasing a statement. “Iran is again brazenly attacking Israel with a barrage of rocket fire and an apparent coordinated terrorist attack,” the GOP lawmakers said. “The world is watching as Israeli families seek safety and shelter as waves of missile attacks light up the sky. We pray for their safety and urge the Biden-Harris Administration to deliver a strong message to the Iranian regime that this unjustified violence and terror must end. The strategy of appeasement has failed, and a policy of interdiction is not enough.” Iran fired about 180 ballistic missiles against Israel and, like when Tehran launched a similar attack in April with drones and missiles, the United States helped Israel shoot down the incoming missiles. Now Israel is threatening a major response. The latest salvo came after Israel began a ground incursion into Lebanon to fight Hezbollah this week. Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel while Israeli forces try to root out Hamas, another group backed by Iran, in the Gaza Strip following its October 7 terrorist attacks last year. Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now running for the presidency atop the Democratic Party’s ticket, have warned Iran against launching attacks on Israel. “Don’t,” they have both said in the past. Tehran clearly ignored the message. The House Republicans leaders, following a video ad from GOP presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump criticizing the current administration for displaying “weakness” and warning of a potential World War III, urged Biden to get tougher on Iran. “American leadership has never been more important, and the world should know that the United States will continue to stand firmly with Israel as it fights for its very survival,” they said. “Our adversaries are carrying out increasingly dangerous attacks because of Biden and Harris’ weak and failed foreign policy. The world needs America to return to a maximum pressure campaign against Iran, and President Biden needs to make clear that there will be decisive economic and potential military ramifications for these actions.”

Country star Jason Aldean and others took time out to remember the victims killed in the Las Vegas shooting at a country music festival on the seventh anniversary of the tragedy. In a post on Tuesday on Instagram, Aldean shared an image of the original poster used to promote the Route 91 Harvest music festival in 2017 with Aldean, Eric Church, and Sam Hunt headlining the multi-day concerts. On the last night, Aldean was on stage when a gunman on opened fire on the crowd, killing nearly 60 people and wounding hundreds more. “7 years later and this day never gets easier,” the 47-year-old country singer wrote. “Sending love out to everybody in the Route 91 family today. We love yall!” The Las Vegas Review-Journal posted a picture on X of all those whose lives were lost in the deadly shooting. “Today marks seven years since the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting on Oct. 1, 2017. May those who lost their lives never be forgotten,” the post read.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Jason Aldean (@jasonaldean) A post from the Clark County Nevada X account shared, “Emotional words from Michael Duarte on this 7th Remembrance of the tragedy at the Route 91 Harvest Festival on the Las #Vegas Strip. Michael’s sister Christiana was one of the victims that night in 2017.” Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! Another post from Nevada read, “Seven years have passed since the tragic events of #1 October at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Today, we honor the memory of those who lost their lives, support the survivors, and thank the brave first responders who were there. Forever in our hearts. #VegasStrong #LasVegas.” On the night of October 1, 2017, a 64-year-old gunman opened fire on the country music fans while Aldean was performing, The Daily Wire previously reported. Firing from a hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and using multiple rifles, the shooter fired hundreds of rounds for several minutes, resulting in 58 dead and nearly 500 wounded. It was the most deadly mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The shooter took his own life as security personnel and the SWAT team converged on his hotel room. He had carried 23 guns and thousands of rounds into his hotel room and had fitted twelve of the guns with “bump stocks,” a device which allows semi-automatic weapons to fire more rapidly. The shooter had no prior criminal record and appears to have purchased the weapons legally. In addition to the cache of weapons, he had set up security cameras in the hotel room and the hallway. The motive for the mass shooting remains a mystery. Related: FBI: Las Vegas Shooter Had No Motive, Only A Desire For ‘Infamy’

Israel will respond forcefully to a Tuesday missile attack launched by Iran against the Jewish state, according to Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro. Iran fired over 180 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday, according to Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari. The attack came in retaliation for the death of Hassan Nasrallah, the chief of the terror group Hezbollah who was killed in an Israeli airstrike last week. Most of the Iranian missile barrage was intercepted by Israel’s defense systems and through the efforts of allies, including the United States, Hagari said. “The chances that Israel does not respond are effectively zero. Israel is not going to listen to Joe Biden anymore,” Shapiro said during live coverage in the aftermath of the missile attack. “When the Biden-Harris administration suggested that Israel ‘take the win’ in the aftermath of the last round of massive missile attacks, Israel instead fired effectively a very new technology at the Iranian territory,” he continued, referring to President Joe Biden’s message to Israel after it was targeted with hundreds of Iranian ballistic and cruise missiles in April. The April attack came in retaliation for the death of Iranian Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi. In retaliation to the first Iranian attack and contrary to the Biden administration’s advice, Israel hit back at Iran in a symbolic strike on a target near an Iranian nuclear facility. The attack was widely interpreted as a message about Israel’s capability to hit targets inside Iranian territory, especially the Iranian regime’s nuclear program. Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! Shapiro said that Israel will almost certainly respond much more forcefully to the latest Iranian attack. “There is great unity on both sides of the Israeli aisle. The left to the right, the Labor Party all the way over to Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, there’s great unity in Israel for the possibility of doing severe damage to the Iranian regime’s economic capabilities and nuclear capabilities,” Shapiro said. Two potential targets for Israeli retribution are Iran’s nuclear facilities and its oil and natural gas fields. Iran has been attempting to develop a nuclear bomb for roughly two decades. The bomb represents an existential threat to the state of Israel, according to Shapiro, and its threat has been a cornerstone of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political campaigns. Iran’s oil and gas fields are the cornerstone of its economy. Their destruction would undermine the Iranian economy and potentially create conditions within the country for massive unrest.

Tens of thousands of dock workers along the East Coast expressed their frustrations as they hit the picket lines Tuesday morning in a massive strike that has shut down billions of dollars in trade. The International Longshoremen’s Association launched the strike at midnight after port ownership failed to meet its demands for higher wages and address the union’s objections to port automation. “We are ILA!” union members chanted on the picket line at some ports. They held signs reading, “Corporate greed or worker rights. ILA demands fairness,” “Automation hurts families,” and “ILA workers over machines. Defend our jobs and rights.” Dock workers striking at port of Savannah, Georgia pic.twitter.com/9W7Q2nNGm9 — Mairead Elordi (@JohnsonHildy) October 1, 2024 ?Dock worker strike begins! I went down to the Philadelphia port and captured the scene. 45k union members with the International Longshoremen's Association walked off the job at midnight, halting billions in trade pic.twitter.com/g1Hkn5PohN — Mairead Elordi (@JohnsonHildy) October 1, 2024   About 45,000 dock workers are refusing to work, which will snarl supply chains and choke off nearly 50% of U.S. imports. A total of 14 ports are affected, including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the ports in Boston, Philadelphia, Wilmington, North Carolina, Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, Tampa, Miami, New Orleans, Mobile, and Houston. Daggett, the union boss, joined dock workers on the picket line at Port Authority in New Jersey, where he delivered expletive-laden rallying cries and had heated responses for reporters. “This is going down in history, what we’re doing here,” Daggett said. “Who’s the greedy one here? These companies over in Europe. They don’t give a f*** about us. We’re going to show them they’re going to have to give a f*** about us cause nothing’s going to move without us.” Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! “We’re going to keep this thing going,” Daggett said. “We’re going to be on the news. We’re going to win this f***ing thing, trust me. They can’t survive too long, and we’re going to get what the f*** we deserve, believe me. God bless all of you for being here.” When a reporter remarked the strike would “grind the economy to a halt” and asked if Daggett was worried it would hurt the “everyday American,” Daggett responded, “Not us, they are. Don’t spin it now. … Now you start to realize who the longshoremen are, right? People never gave a s*** about us until now.” President of the International Longshoremen’s Association, Harold J. Daggett, 100% means business: "People never gave a s*** about us until now. When they finally realized that the chain is being broke now … You know how many people depend on our jobs. Half the world! It's… pic.twitter.com/dQalTgbgsQ — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 1, 2024 Since the threat of a strike started making headlines, Daggett’s alleged mafia ties and over $900,000 income have come under scrutiny. Daggett also reportedly used to own a yacht named “Obsession” and has been spotted driving around in a Bentley. Daggett endorsed President Joe Biden, and the ILA has donated more than $1.6 million to Democrats on Daggett’s watch. However, Daggett began lashing out at Biden as the strike grew near. Biden has the authority under the Taft-Hartley Act to force union workers to stay on the job for another 80 days, but Biden has made clear that he has no intention of getting involved. Another one of the country’s most powerful unions, the Teamsters, released an expletive-laden statement Monday evening supporting the dock worker union, saying they are “100% committed” to standing with the dock workers and that the ocean carriers are “on strike against themselves.” “The U.S. government should stay the f*** out of this fight and allow union workers to withhold their labor for the wages and benefits they have earned,” the Teamsters said in their statement. On Tuesday, Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien walked the picket line with dock workers in Boston. The dock worker union vowed to remain on the picket lines for as long as it takes. “We plan on being here 24/7 until we finalize or get a good contract from the shippers. The plan right now is, we’re just looking for a fair contract, and we’re fighting automation. It’s pretty simple,” Bernie O’Donnell, vice president for the union’s New England area, told local news in Boston. The ILA is not answering questions, only reiterating why they’re going on strike. Brief comment tonight from Bernie ODonnell, international Vice President for the union’s New England area. @NBC10Boston pic.twitter.com/XnibBpZWZt — Kirsten Glavin (@kirstenglavin) October 1, 2024 The strike is “terrifying” for companies that import goods, said Ryan Peterson, founder of Flexport, a supply chain management company. For consumers, a longer strike could mean higher prices, he said. “If this drags on for weeks or heaven forbid months, I think you will certainly see increases in prices and shortages in all kinds of goods,” Peterson said on Fox News. Peterson also warned that the union’s demands would hit Americans’ wallets. “A 30-70% increase in cost of labor would tank most businesses. But ports are a monopolist, so all the cost increases will get passed on to the carriers who pass it on to the merchants who pass it on to you, the consumer,” Peterson posted on X. Negotiations broke down over the summer and the union rejected a last-minute offer from port ownership, represented by the United States Maritime Alliance, which offered the union a nearly 50% wage raise. However, a deal may be near since the union is seeking a 61.5% raise over a six year contract, down from the 77% they initially asked for. Daggett said in a statement Tuesday that they are demanding a $5-an-hour increase in wages for each of the six years of a new contract, plus “absolute airtight language that there will be no automation or semi-automation” and that “all Container Royalty monies” go to the union.

On October 1, the family of actor John Amos confirmed his death of natural causes on August 21 at the age of 84. Weeks after his passing, stars began to pay tribute to John and his incredible career. He often played strong characters whose storylines deeply impacted the audience, most notably as Toby in the 1977 drama Roots and as the head of the family, James Evans, on Good Times in the mid-1970s. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Al Roker (@alroker) John’s son, Kelly Christopher “K.C.” Amos shared a statement with People regarding his father’s passing. “He was a man with the kindest heart and a heart of gold… and he was loved the world over. Many fans consider him their TV father. He lived a good life. His legacy will live on in his outstanding works in television and film as an actor,” Kelly reflected. “My father loved working as an actor throughout his entire life,” he wrote. “Most recently in Suits LA playing himself and our documentary about his life journey as an actor, America’s Dad. He was my dad, my best friend, and my hero.” James Amos Was An Inspiration To Al Roker And Many More Al Roker took to Instagram to share photos of James Amos and his own story. “Whether in Roots, Mary Tyler Moore, Good Times, Coming To America and other roles, John Amos brought dignity, grace and honesty to his roles. I remember him as Gordy The Weatherman at WJM when we was just starting as a TV weather guy in 1974 and seeing him as a role model. And when he quit Good Times, people respected him for his stand. He will be missed,” Al wrote. Jimmie Walker, his co-star on Good Times, told People in a statement, “John was a great actor, and my condolences go out to his entire family, friends, and his many, many fans.” Martin Lawrence wrote on X, “This one hits differently. My condolences go out to the family of a true legend, John Amos.” God Speed John Amos. The moment in Good Times when Florida finally accepts James has passed will forever live in my soul.Damn Damn Damn. pic.twitter.com/kBrDb1uLcb— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) October 1, 2024 Danny Deraney shared an incredibly poignant scene from Good Times on X when John’s character died. It seemed to sum up many people’s feelings. God Speed John Amos. The moment in Good Times when Florida finally accepts James has passed will forever live in my soul. Damn Damn Damn,” he wrote. This story’s featured image is by Shareif Ziyadat/WireImage. The post Al Roker Posts Beautiful Tribute To The Late John Amos’ Legacy appeared first on InspireMore.

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