Read MoreU.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) on Friday published a letter sent by Congress to Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, informing the mayor of a congressional probe investigating his actions in response to the recent federal immigration enforcement in Middle Tennessee which netted nearly 200 arrests.
O’Connell, in response to the recent joint operation between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP), signed an executive order requiring rapid Metro Nashville employees to rapidly inform the mayor and the Office of New Americans of any interactions with federal immigration officials. He also announced a new “Belonging Fund,” which received seed money from nonprofits that were awarded millions in Biden-era stimulus money by Metro Nashville.
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