A reporter in Nashville has been covering ICE arrests in her community. Then she was detained herself | CNN

Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez frequently reports on Immigration and Customs Enforcement action, becoming familiar with the sudden arrests that have become hallmarks of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. But when trucks surrounded her and her husband’s car Wednesday and agents approached the windows, she was confused, her husband Alejandro Medina said. Medina realized it was ICE before his wife did, he said. “We really couldn’t understand why we’re being surrounded.” “We’re definitely shocked,” he told CNN. Rodriguez, who was born in Colombia, entered the United States legally, one of her lawyers said. She is a journalist for Spanish-language news outlet Nashville Noticias and has reported stories “critical of the practices” by ICE and was covering immigration arrests the day before her detainment Wednesday, a petition filed by her lawyers for her release stated. It’s the latest instance of journalists being caught up in the Trump administration’s nationwide crackdown on immigration. Mario Guevara, a Salvadoran journalist, was deported in October after being arrested while covering a “No Kings” protest in Atlanta. The agents swa