Senator Marsha Blackburn on ICE Ride-Along and Operation Midnight Hammer

ICE Operations and Challenges

• 💡 Senator Marsha Blackburn shares her experience on a ride-along with ICE agents, highlighting the extensive work involved in identifying and apprehending criminal illegal aliens.
• ⚠️ Agents are reportedly working 75-80 hours a week dealing with dangerous criminals, often facing challenges due to a lack of warrants for home entry.
• 🚨 The senator noted an incident where ICE agents could not enter a property to apprehend a suspect convicted of child sexual abuse due to the absence of a warrant, despite a child being present.
• 📉 Nationwide, ICE agents have experienced a 500% increase in attacks, with an example of an officer being dragged by a car while attempting an arrest.

Sanctuary Cities and Policy

• 🚫 Blackburn criticized sanctuary city policies in Democrat-led cities for hindering federal law enforcement efforts and aiding the escape of suspects.
• 🤝 She advocates for the Clear Act to give state and local law enforcement explicit authority to assist federal immigration enforcement, codifying the 287G program.
• ⚖️ Legislation was introduced to make it illegal to dox federal immigration officials, citing an instance where Nashville's mayor allegedly provided agent information to criminal gangs.

Operation Midnight Hammer

• 🚀 The US military successfully executed Operation Midnight Hammer, reportedly wiping out Iran's nuclear program.
• ✈️ The operation involved seven B2 Spirit bombers flying 18 hours to Iran, dropping over 400,000 pounds of bunker buster bombs with zero casualties.
• 🚢 Simultaneously, a US submarine launched over two dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles at Iran's nuclear infrastructure.
• 🕊️ Following the operation, a ceasefire was reportedly reached between Israel and Iran, attributed to peace through strength under President Trump's leadership.