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Immigration

Students write letter to city leaders expressing fear amid recent ICE raids

Camellia Burris

May 12, 2025

Empty desks in a classroom

A group of students wrote an open letter to city leaders expressing fear in the wake of recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in South Nashville.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Adrienne Battle, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, ICE, immigrants, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Metro Nashville Public Schools, MNPS, Nashville, raid, school

Group cancels events surrounding Nashville SC game, cites immigration arrests

Anne M. Peterson, AP

May 11, 2025

A supporters group for Nashville SC canceled game-day activities following recent ICE operations.

Filed Under: Race & Equity Tagged With: Immigration, Nashville SC, Soccer, Sports

‘My mom isn’t a criminal’: Nashville families search for loved ones detained by ICE

Marianna Bacallao

May 8, 2025

Nashville families impacted by a series of ICE raids in the past few days still don’t have concrete answers on where their loved ones are.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 287(g), Freddie O'Connell, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raid, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition

Nashville officials release timeline of ‘surprise’ ICE arrests

Cynthia AbramsandTony Gonzalez

May 7, 2025

Metro officials are moving to clarify that city police did not have a role in immigration arrests in South Nashville over the weekend.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Wally Dietz

Here’s how two Nashville teachers are supporting immigrant students amid worries about growing absenteeism

Camellia Burris

May 6, 2025

Amid the Trump administration’s crackdown, two Nashville teachers say they have seen a rise in absences among their immigrant students and are working to support them.

Filed Under: Education, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Elementary schools, high school, ICE, immigrant, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Metro Nashville Public Schools, public schools, school, schools

State and local officials clash over Nashville ICE raid

Marianna Bacallao

May 5, 2025

Mayor Freddie O’Connell has decried the wide-scale arrests of South Nashville drivers Saturday night. But the office is limited in how it can respond.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, 287(g), Bill Lee, Freddie O'Connell, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raid, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, tnleg, tnpol

ICE arrests drivers in South Nashville, sparking outrage from local officials

Marianna Bacallao

May 4, 2025

Several drivers in South Nashville were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Saturday night, sparking outrage from activists and politicians.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 287(g), Aftyn Behn, Don Aaron, East Nashville, Freddie O'Connell, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, Nashville police, raid, sean parker, Tennessee Highway Patrol

This Tennessean’s undocumented mom left the U.S. and came back legally. Here’s why that’s so rare.

Char Daston

April 29, 2025

Two women, one in blue, one in white, sit at a wooden table with tortilla chips and a red plastic water glass.
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Many mixed-status families have just one way to prevent being separated by deportation. But the process is complicated and comes with risks.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: illegal immigration, Immigration, Latino, Nolensville Pike, Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors

NashVillager Podcast: Catholic Charities

Nina Cardona

April 23, 2025

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Who will help the refugees who come to Nashville now? Plus, the local news for April 23, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Immigration, refugee, refugee resettlement

Tennessee won’t deny public schooling to students without legal status — for now

Marianna Bacallao

April 22, 2025

A state review found the bill could’ve jeopardized more than $1 billion in federal education funding if enacted, as it violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Given the potential loss, House leadership paused consideration of the bill after it passed the Senate earlier this month.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Bo Watson, immigrants, Immigration, Supreme Court, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, TIRRC, tnleg, tnpol, Trump Administration, U.S. Supreme Court, undocumented students

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