Read MoreNashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell said on Friday that he has “no response” to the recent formal request by U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) for Congress to open probes into the actions taken by the mayor in response to the recent immigration enforcement operation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP).
In response to the immigration enforcement operation, which resulted in nearly 200 arrests of illegal immigrants, O’Connell signed an executive order that required Metro Nashville employees to inform his office, and the Nashville Office of New Americans, of any communication by a federal government official that relates to immigration enforcement.
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