Nashville, TN – Immigration Agent Gives Up After Man Aided By Neighbors

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    In this Monday, July 22, 2019 photo, a person covering their head goes from the house into a car outside a Nashville, Tenn., home, where an immigration agent gave up trying to arrest a Tennessee man who, aided by neighbors, refused to leave his vehicle for four hours.  (Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean via AP)Nashville, TN – An immigration agent gave up trying to arrest a Tennessee man who, aided by neighbors, refused to leave his vehicle for four hours.

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    WTVF-TV reports, an ICE vehicle blocked the unnamed man’s van in his driveway in Nashville and attempted to take him into custody Monday, but he refused to get out. As he sat in the van with his 12-year-old son, neighbors decided to help.

    “We made sure they had water, they had food, we put gas back in the vehicle when they were getting low just to make sure they were OK,” Felishadae Young told the station.

    The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent had an administrative warrant that allows officers to detain someone but not forcibly remove them from a home or vehicle.

    When the man refused to cooperate, the ICE agent called Metro Nashville Police to the scene, but they were instructed not to get involved. Instead, they were told to “stand by from a distance to keep the peace if necessary,” according to a statement police released on the confrontation.

    Mayor David Briley released a statement explaining the police action.

    “I am keenly aware that this type of activity by our federal government stokes fear and distrust in our most vulnerable communities, which is why we do not use our local resources to enforce ICE orders,” the statement reads.

    After several hours, neighbors formed a human chain to protect the father and son as they ran into their house. The ICE agent left.

    Neighbor Stacey Farley said the father and son were good people.

    “I could see if these people were bad criminals, but they’re not. They’re just trying to provide for their kids,” Farley said. “The family don’t bother nobody. They work every day; they come home; the kids jump on their trampoline. It’s just a community.”

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    Information from: WTVF-TV, http://www.newschannel5.com


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    ubgeriser
    ubgeriser
    4 years ago

    Our problem in this old great USA is much worse than you could have imagined. In NYC police officers get dumped with buckets of water while trying to arrest a criminal. In Nashville TN, ICE officers cant arrest an illegal immigrant. I guess next move will be a bank robber will be allowed to clean out a bank with no problem ,as the law is not made fair. We are racists for not giving the opportunity for a colored person to earn a decent living. Poor guy is trying to support his family ,so why cant he rob a bank. Shame on you leftist liberals.

    triumphinwhitehouse
    triumphinwhitehouse
    4 years ago

    so next they’ll protect murderers and pedophiles, after all sick homosexauls are heroes nowadays not deviants.

    qazxc
    qazxc
    4 years ago

    Civil disobedience in the tradition of Ghandi yms”.