US EditionICE Arrested Nashville Journalist without Warrant, Attorneys Say
Estefany Rodríguez, detained without a warrant, faces deportation efforts amid claims of retaliation for her critical reporting on ICE, with her location unknown and legal access hindered.
- During a March 4 stop outside a gym on Murfreesboro Pike, Estefany Rodríguez, a Nashville Noticias and Univision 42 Nashville reporter, was taken into custody by ICE and remains in detention, according to her media outlet.
- ICE claims Rodríguez missed two interviews and is a flight risk, while her attorneys say she entered legally in March 2021 and has pending applications, including a scheduled March 17 appearance.
- Rodríguez's attorney Joel Coxander says there was no active arrest warrant at the time, and her legal team filed an emergency petition challenging the detention after ICE surrounded the Nashville Noticias vehicle.
- Rodríguez remained in custody as of 3 p.m. March 5, and U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson set a noon March 6 deadline for ICE and DHS to respond to the emergency petition.
- Her lawyers say Rodríguez often covered ICE and immigration issues, prompting concern among advocates who cite recent deaths in ICE custody and recall Memphis-based reporter Manuel Duran's 465-day detention.
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noticiasya.comNashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez frequently reports on the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), so she's familiar with the sudden arrests that have become a hallmark of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. But when vans surrounded the car she was in with her husband on Wednesday and agents approached the windows, she was confused, her husband, Alejandro Medina, said. Medina realized it was ICE before his wife…
By Elise Hammond and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Nashville journalist Estefany Rodríguez reports frequently on the actions of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE), so she is familiar with the sudden arrests that have become a hallmark of the Trump administration’s immigration offensive. But when the vans surrounded the car she was driving with her husband on Wednesday and the agents approached the windows, she was confused, declared her pa…
A reporter in Nashville has been covering ICE arrests in her community. Then she was detained herself
A reporter in Nashville, who frequently covers Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in her community, was detained by federal agents this week while she was in the car with her husband, according to her lawyers.
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