Read MoreNashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell said during a Friday press conference that he was “puzzled” by the decision by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to designate Nashville a sanctuary city, claiming that the Metro government worked to comply with a Tennessee law banning such cities in the Volunteer State.
The mayor also told reporters he is “not particularly concerned” over the congressional probe unveiled by U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) on Friday, which seeks information from the mayor and Metro Nashville over his actions in response to recent federal immigration enforcement in Tennessee, including O’Connell’s executive order mandating Metro employees report interactions with federal immigration officials, and the new “Belonging Fund” for illegal immigrants which received seed funding from nonprofits awarded Biden-era stimulus money by Nashville.
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