Immigrant advocates are calling on a Catholic hospital chain to publicly release their policy on treating patients detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Advocates say Ascension Saint Thomas barred priests and legal counsel from speaking with a young man in ICE custody at the hospital’s Murfreesboro campus.
Eyewitnesses with Music City Migra Watch said they saw a young man on the ground bleeding after an interaction with ICE agents. He was taken to Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford, where organizers say they saw ICE vehicles in the hospital’s gated lot…