Authorities arrest over 100 people on Tennessee roads in support of Trump's deportation plan

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News/AP

May 10, 2025, 8:08 AM


NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- More than 100 people have been taken into custody by federal immigration officials in a joint operation with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, leaving many in Nashville's immigrant community uncertain and worried. “None of us have ever seen anything like this,” Lisa Sherman Luna, executive director of the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition said Friday.

The operation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a reminder of how local and state law enforcement jurisdictions are critical to President Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations. Last week, Florida officials touted a joint operation with ICE that resulted in 1,120 immigration arrests.

Tennessee's Gov. Bill Lee recently signed a law creating a division of immigration enforcement with the state’s Department of Safety and Homeland Security, which includes the Highway Patrol. He is one of a number of Republican officials pledging to use state resources to carry out Trump’s plans.

Meanwhile, city officials in the Democratic stronghold of Nashville have disavowed involvement and been critical of the arrests. Nashville Law Director Wally Dietz said the state-federal operation, which began May 3, caught everyone in city government by surprise.

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[CanonRay]

1. No one should be caught by surprise any more

[DENVERPOPS]

2. And all of these

are just their "Trial Runs," and they are just doing warm ups, getting ready for a full rollout in the future.......

[JoseBalow]

3. We are officially living in a fascist state

Conduct yourself accordingly.

[azureblue]

4. mis - read

I thought it was about authorities arresting people who are violating the Constitution, by abducting immigrants. My Bad...

And that is the truth- all these arrests, and the people doing them and ordering the arrests, are ignoring right of due process granted to ALL residents of the US, as guaranteed in the Constitution.

[sheshe2]

5. They should send Ice to all of trump's properties.

[Bayard]

6. Check out this recent article

"As Trump pursues mass deportation, his businesses again seek foreign workers"

https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/as-trump-pursues-mass-deportation-his-businesses-again-seek-foreign-workers/

[sheshe2]

7. Thanks! 😊