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

Published May 10, 2025 11:01am ET



NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — 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.

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