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Immigration

Abrego Garcia’s path to release is uncertain. Here’s the latest from a Nashville courthouse.

By Marianna Bacallao

July 16, 2025

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.

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

Judge again delays Abrego Garcia’s release from Tennessee jail over deportation concerns

By The Associated Press

July 1, 2025

A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns from his lawyers that he could be deported if he’s released. The judge was preparing to release him to await trial on human smuggling charges.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: courts, Immigration, Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Abrego Garcia to return to ICE custody, could be deported before trial

By Marianna Bacallao

June 25, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia will soon be back in ICE custody, more than three months since his wrongful deportation to El Salvador.

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

Should elected officials be jailed over their votes on sanctuary policies? Lawsuit challenges Tennessee law.

By Cynthia Abrams

June 24, 2025

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging a Tennessee law that criminalizes local officials who vote in favor of sanctuary city policies.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, ACLU, Clay Capp, Delishia Porterfield, Ginny Welsch, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jeff Preptit, Metro Council Immigrant Caucus, Sandra Sepulveda, Terry Vo, Trump Administration, Zulfat Suara

Religious, immigrant groups sue Tennessee over law on ‘harboring’ immigrants

By Marianna Bacallao

June 23, 2025

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.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Brent Taylor, ICE, immigrants, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, tnleg, tnpol, undocumented immigrants

Nashville federal judge rules Abrego Garcia can be released pre-trial, but he may not go free

By Marianna Bacallao

June 22, 2025

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.

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

Americans are shaky on Trump’s tariffs, deportations without hearings, Vanderbilt poll finds

By Marianna Bacallao

June 18, 2025

Thousands gather for 'No Kings' protest at Bicentennial Mall in Nashville on June 14, 2025

More Americans worry about how deportations are being carried out than they worry about their current finances, according to a Vanderbilt poll released Wednesday.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, economy, Immigration, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, MAGA, Politics, republicans, tariffs, tnleg, tnpol, Vanderbilt Poll, Vanderbilt University

Man wrongly deported to El Salvador pleads not guilty to smuggling charges in Nashville

By Marianna Bacallao

June 13, 2025

A group of protesters outside of a federal courthouse building in downtown Nashville.

After months of being detained in an El Salvadoran prison, Abrego Garcia’s path to release is uncertain. He pleaded not guilty to smuggling charges Friday.

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

Nashville Masses are emptier as the threat of deportations looms

By Marianna Bacallao

June 12, 2025

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ICE arrested nearly 200 people as part of the early May operation. The raids — and the possibility of future crack downs — has had a chilling effect on Nashville’s Spanish-speaking parishes.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Catholic, Catholicism, church, Donald Trump, Freddie O'Connell, ICE, immigrants, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raid, religion, Rick Musacchio, Tennessee Catholic Conference, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition

Tennessee Congressman Mark Green to leave office months after re-election

By Marianna Bacallao

June 10, 2025

A special election will determine who represents Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District after Rep. Green retires.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Andy Ogles, clarksville, Donald Trump, Freddie O'Connell, Immigration, Mark Green, Megan Barry, Nashville, tnleg, tnpol

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