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Immigration and Customs Enforcement

ICE agent identities would be confidential under Tennessee proposal

By Marianna Bacallao

March 3, 2026

As immigration enforcement in Tennessee faces increased scrutiny, state lawmakers want to further limit what records of ICE operations are open to the public.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, ICE, immigrants, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jack Johnson, Jeff Yarbro, police, raid, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, tnleg, tnpol

Prosecutor claims that delayed charges against Abrego Garcia were ‘extraordinary’ but justified

By Travis Loller, AP

February 26, 2026

A representative of the U.S. Attorney’s office testified in federal court on Thursday that the human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia was justified while acknowledging that the charges coming two years after a traffic stop in question was “extraordinary.”

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: deportations, Donald Trump, El Salvador, gangs, human smuggling, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kilmar Abrego Garcia

As Trump touts Tennessee troopers, state officials face questions of racial profiling, dehumanizing treatment

By Marianna Bacallao

February 25, 2026

As Gov. Bill Lee has calls for more state troopers officials with the Tennessee Highway Patrol are facing questions of racial profiling and dehumanizing treatment of Nashville’s immigrant community during a dragnet immigration operation last May.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 287(g), Bill Lee, Donald Trump, Heidi Campbell, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raid, Tennessee Highway Patrol

As Nashville thaws, fears over immigration enforcement remain

By Marianna Bacallao

February 5, 2026

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As a historic winter storm devastated Tennessee, the fight over immigration continued to play out at the statehouse and in Nashville’s streets.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, 287(g), Cameron Sexton, Department of Children's Services, Donald Trump, ICE, ice storm, immigrants, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Lisa Sherman Luna, Rutherford County, severe weather, snow, Tennessee Department of Children's Services, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, tnleg, tnpol, Winter Storm Fern

Tennessee to pilot White House immigration agenda at state level

By Marianna Bacallao

January 15, 2026

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.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, 287(g), Bo Watson, Cameron Sexton, Donald Trump, ICE, immigrants, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Lisa Sherman Luna, police, raid, Stephen Miller, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, tnleg, tnpol

Nashville mourns Minneapolis woman fatally shot by ICE

By Rose Gilbert

January 8, 2026

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Demonstrators in Nashville called for the ICE agent who fatally shot a woman to be arrested, and for the end of immigration enforcement operations in Nashville.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Department of Homeland Security, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Music City Migra Watch

NashVillager Podcast: From fire to ICE

By Blake Farmer

November 24, 2025

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Should Tennessee’s National Guard be deployed when there isn’t a disaster or emergency? Plus, the local news for November 24, 2025.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Latinos in Memphis worry about possible immigration crackdown by Trump’s crime task force

By Adrian Sainz, AP

September 25, 2025

President Donald Trump has created a task force to fight crime in Memphis. His order includes the deployment of the National Guard and various federal agencies that will descend upon the Tennessee city to, among other goals, enforce federal immigration law.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Brent Taylor, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, memphis, National Guard

Tennesseans could be charged for housing immigrants who have legal status under state ‘smuggling’ law

By Marianna Bacallao

September 10, 2025

A Tennessee law that criminalizes housing immigrants without legal status could apply even if the person being housed has citizenship.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Christian, Christianity, Housing, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, tnleg, tnpol

Tennessee ranks near the top for ICE arrests

By Marianna Bacallao

September 2, 2025

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.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: deportations, Donald Trump, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tennessee Highway Patrol

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