Tennessee journalist detained by ICE sues, claims arrest violated her rights

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A reporter for a Spanish-language news outlet was taken into custody by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Nashville Wednesday

Estefany Rodriguez, a journalist with Nashville Noticias and Univision 42, covers immigration stories and her attorneys believe the arrest should have never happened.

According to a statement from the station, Rodriguez was with her husband outside a gym on Murfreesboro Pike when several vehicles surrounded their marked news car.

The station said several men stepped out of those vehicles and demanded that Rodriguez be taken into custody. She was later transported to an immigration detention center…

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