Several drivers in South Nashville were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Saturday night, sparking outrage from activists and politicians.
Eyewitnesses reported that ICE worked with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, or THP, to detain several drivers along Murfreesboro Pike, Nolensville Pike and Antioch Pike, including Uber drivers and mothers with young children, who were allegedly left in vehicles by themselves.
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The Mayor’s Office decried ICE’s actions.
“This type of federal enforcement action is not focused on making us safer and leaves people in our community fearing any interaction with law enforcement when there is a crime occurring. We will be seeking the names of those detained.”
The department does not have an official agreement with ICE through the 287(g) program, which deputizes local law enforcement to operate as ICE agents.
On a livestream posted late afternoon Sunday, a bus full of people could be heard slapping their hands against the glass as they were driven out of Nashville’s ICE office to an unknown location.
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