As a historic winter storm devastated Tennessee, the fight over immigration continued to play out at the statehouse and in Nashville’s streets.
Tennessee to pilot White House immigration agenda at state level
Tennessee will be the first state to pilot the White House’s immigration agenda, which focuses on increasing verification for legal residents and requiring local law enforcement to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Tennesseans could be charged for housing immigrants who have legal status under state ‘smuggling’ law
A Tennessee law that criminalizes housing immigrants without legal status could apply even if the person being housed has citizenship.
Tennessee ranks near the top for ICE arrests
Federal immigration officials are making arrests from within Tennessee jails at a much higher rate than other states. A new report ranks Tennessee second only to Texas in the number of people ICE picks up from jail.
A regional ICE detention center is coming to rural Tennessee
A small town in rural Tennessee will soon be the site of a privately-run Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.
Nashville will see a rise in ICE agents under Trump’s budget plan
During a Friday visit to Nashville, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that ICE will be sending more officers to the city.
Abrego Garcia’s path to release is uncertain. Here’s the latest from a Nashville courthouse.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongly deported to El Salvador in March, will remain in jail for at least another week over fears that releasing him could trigger a second deportation.
Abrego Garcia to return to ICE custody, could be deported before trial
Kilmar Abrego Garcia will soon be back in ICE custody, more than three months since his wrongful deportation to El Salvador.
Religious, immigrant groups sue Tennessee over law on ‘harboring’ immigrants
A new Tennessee law would impose criminal penalties for housing immigrants without legal status. The lawsuit hopes to block the law before it takes effect July 1.
Nashville federal judge rules Abrego Garcia can be released pre-trial, but he may not go free
Upon his release, Abrego Garcia will be transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, where officials say he will be held until his trial or his deportation.
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