Tennessee gubernatorial candidates clash on local law enforcement ICE cooperation - WZTV

by Johnny MaffeiMon, October 19, 2026 at 9:39 AMUpdated Mon, October 19, 2026 at 10:43 AMThe democrat and republican candidates for Governor in Tennessee both say safety is a priority, it's hard to find a candidate who says otherwise. But how these candidates want to keep people safe is one of several places they clash. (Courtesy of Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Jerri Green)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The democrat and republican candidates for Governor in Tennessee both say safety is a priority, it's hard to find a candidate who says otherwise. But how these candidates want to keep people safe is one of several places they clash. State law in Tennessee says local sheriff departments need to work with federal immigration enforcement in the 287(g) program. MORE FROM MAFFEI | 'We’re going to change that': State wants Nashville Sheriff to comply with ICEFOX 17 News’ Johnny Maffei sat down with Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Memphis Councilwoman Jerri Green along the campaign trail. You can find our full interviews with Blackburn and Green on our YouTube page. We reached out to independent candidate David Hatley’s campaign multiple times but have not gotten a response.

While Republican Steve Hilton has spent months jackrabbiting around California during his long-shot bid for governor, Democratic front runner Xavier Becerra just recently emerged from quasi hibernation and stepped into political daylight. Hilton has blasted Becerra as taking the state’s voters for granted, failing to hold public campaign events to explain his detailed plans to address California’s many ills. Despite pledging to participate in multiple debates, Becerra brushed aside several invitations, agreeing to just a solitary one-hour face-off against Hilton on CNN in late September. That month, Hilton held 14 public events, a dozen more than Becerra, but the Democrat’s spokesperson said he appeared at multiple functions sponsored by other groups. Hilton wasn’t buying it. “He is a useless nothing, a totally unaccomplished pipsqueak who is so smug, so arrogant, so entitled, that he somehow thinks he’s owed this job just because he was picked as a useful puppet by the Sacramento machine,” Hilton, a former Fox News commentator and British political strategist, said last week in West Sacramento. On Oct. 10, Becerra, a longtime member of Congress and Biden’s secretary of the U. S.

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A contentious hearing is underway in Washington, D. C., where lawyers for the Trump administration are facing off with a federal judge pushing for answers over whether she was deliberately misled by the government over why it removed hundreds of trees from a local public golf course. D. C. District Judge Ana Reyes has ordered testimony from Interior Department official Gregory Wischer and acting Director of the National Park Service Jessica Bowron over why the government moved abruptly on Columbus Day weekend to remove more than 500 trees from East Potomac golf course without giving her proper advance notice. Last week, Reyes erupted at attorneys for the government after the trees were removed despite her demanding the administration alert her in advance if it planned any significant alterations to the course given ongoing litigation. The golf course has been the subject of litigation brought by the D. C. Preservation League in response to President Donald Trump's efforts to turn it into a course that could host professional tournaments. A golfer walks near log sections cut from trees at the East Potomac Golf Links, in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. AP Photo/J.