Katie Richards

Kentuckian turned Nashvillian. CEO at @SiloamFHC. Dog mom to Sam 🐶 Opinions are mine.

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

I was grateful to join @forum_together for this important conversation about the impact of current immigration enforcement and the need for sensible immigration policies

[Forum @forum_together]

Faith, law enforcement, and business leaders met in DC to talk state immigration bills and why Congress needs to act. Thanks to @RickNaerebout, @katierichards, @Mpross1 and @AlexVASheriff for sharing what they're seeing on the ground.

#FairFirmCompassionateImmigration

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

“Or is all fair in your favorite war?” both cuts to the heart of so much justification I see in other’s justifications and on par with the beauty of a Taylor Swift lyric.

Well said, @BethMooreLPM

[Beth Moore @BethMooreLPM]

After all these years on social media, one thing I never get used to is seeing various individuals I personally know depicted as this or that by people who do not know them from Adam. It may even be someone i wouldn’t align with ideologically or perhaps theologically but I know them and know they’re being characterized wrongly. It still blows my mind.

I just want to ask over and over, does it matter to you that you are perpetuating deception? That you actually have no idea what you are talking about? Do you care anything at all about what is true? Or is all fair in your favorite war?

Because that kind of thing is actually wrong. It’s sinful. I don’t think God takes it lightly.

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

@edhyndman Elizabeth, this is really beautiful!

[Isaac Saul @Ike_Saul]

The National Guard shooter's story is not simple. He was admitted to the U.S. by the Biden administration through a hurried, temporary parole program that had a documented history of helping Afghan immigrants on the terrorism watch list. Yet, he was granted asylum here by the Trump administration. He wasn’t just an “Afghan national,” but someone who worked with the CIA and whose brother was a military leader in an elite CIA squad. According to Kristi Noem, he was radicalized in the U.S. after immigrating, which would both absolve the Biden administration of negligence and bolster the argument that allowing these migrants in is risky, even when they clear the vetting process.

It's true that this is the fourth publicly reported Afghan national to be arrested for an act or potential act of terrorism since just last October. And it's true this shooter is one of just 190,000 Afghan refugees who resettled here after the fall of Kabul in 2021.

One high-profile shooter in 190,000 people isn’t exactly an endemic issue. For comparison, that’s roughly the same odds of being born with 11 fingers or toes, or of being struck by lightning (if you spend a lot of time outside). There are zero instances of mass shootings in the U.S. committed by Afghan-born people in the last 10 years, and just six Afghan-born perpetrators of attacks on U.S. soil in the last 50 years — 2.5% of all foreign-born attackers.

What's nuts to me is that some aspects of this story are heart-breakingly typical. The shooter was a 20-something male. He had military experience. He was prone to long periods of isolation and was struggling financially. Community members expressed concern about him prior to the act of violence. All of this is common for mass shooters in America.

We have broken immigration programs we can fix, but painting this as a vetting issue, an Afghan immigrant issue, a Biden or Trump issue; it's all just way too basic. We still don't even know his motive or how he got his gun. Until we recognize that violent events like this aren't singularly attached to your pet issue, we're never going to get anywhere.

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

This is incredibly cruel and unnecessary. Refugees have fled unimaginable circumstances and have already completed a thorough vetting process.

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

The Trump administration is moving to reinterview certain refugees who were admitted to the US during the Biden administration https://t.co/KdjyXcKq7R

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

@andrewtwalker Only 40? I definitely would have said older...

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

“During the years of the Nazi regime, German doctors argued that Jews spread disease. Reflecting common themes in Nazi propaganda, these medical professionals repeatedly pushed the false claim that Jews were responsible for outbreaks of typhus” - US Holocaust Memorial Museum

[Camilo Montoya-Galvez @camiloreports]

EXCLUSIVE — CBS News has obtained internal Trump administration plans to revive Title 42 and expel migrants on public health grounds.

The first Trump administration cited COVID. Now it’s made plans to label migrants vectors of diseases like tuberculosis.
https://t.co/TC2F2H84wZ

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

I was grateful for the opportunity to highlight @SiloamFHC's work in providing refugee medial screenings for newly arrived refugees.

Praying this administration both releases funding needed for refugees already resettled in the US and begins welcoming new refugees again.

[Harvest Prude @HarvestPrude]

“You can do the math on covering rent for 4,000 people."

My latest for @CTmagazine on Christians seeking to step in and fill some of the gap for refugees left in a lurch by the Trump administration.

https://t.co/BLVynA6eU3

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

@HarvestPrude @CTmagazine Such a great article. Thank you for highlighting this important issue! Praying the decision to suspend the program is reversed.

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

A personal hero of mine. I’m grateful to have known Dr. Spalding.

[Tennessean @Tennessean]

Nashville philanthropist Michael Spalding, champion for educating the undocumented, dies https://t.co/Six97uBS19

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

@LeatherwoodERLC @MaElviraSalazar @marcorubio She was a breath of fresh air!

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

💙🤍💙🤍💙

[Matt Jones @KySportsRadio]

MARK FREAKIN POPE!!!!!

[American Immigration Council @immcouncil]

What is Temporary Protected Status? Read our Fact Sheet here: https://t.co/9L1ponoTdz

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

@johnosays This Levis hate could prove to be a real wedge in our friendship, John.

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

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[Dominique Isabelle Hyde @DominiqueHyde]

Meet the incredible @RefugeesOlympic Team competing in Paris!

To us, these refugee athletes are already winners who've shown incredible grit, dedication and hope. 🙏

The world will be cheering for you in #Paris2024.

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

Absolutely devastated for his wife, Molly. Just an unimaginable tragedy only one year into their marriage 💔

[Tennessean @Tennessean]

Nashville Smokin Thighs restaurateur Matthew Carney dies days after hit and run https://t.co/Xz4etzqEo1

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

One more reminder that I’m still (at least for the next three months) under 40.

Thank you @nashvillebiz for including me in this class of incredible leaders in our city.

[Nashville Business Journal @nashvillebiz]

What would Katie Richards title her autobiography? "Different Than Expected (but still really great)." https://t.co/9DGABjkcOi

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

@edhyndman I do not identify with the second one being a point of embarrassment. And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

[Katie Richards @katierichards]

I was already warming up to the hire but learning that @CoachMarkPope is a true Swiftie has me sold on him being UKs new bball coach.

[Matt Norlander @MattNorlander]

BTW, Kentucky fans, your new head coach is a genuine Swiftie. Mark Pope’s five favorite songs:

[Kyle Tucker @KyleTuckerCBB]

Leave it to John Calipari to upstage the eighth consecutive Final Four he’s not in.