← All storiesGeneralDeveloping story 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 administrationâs immigration crackdown. But when trucks surrounded her and her husbandâs 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. âWe really couldnât understand why weâre being surrounded.â âWeâre definitely shocked,â 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 âcritical of the practicesâ by ICE and was covering immigration arrests the day before her detainment Wednesday, a petition filed by her lawyers for her release stated. Itâs the latest instance of journalists being caught up in the Trump administrationâs nationwide crackdown on immigration. Mario Guevara, a Salvadoran journalist, was deported in October after being arrested while covering a âNo Kingsâ protest in Atlanta. The agents swa

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