NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell responded Friday to Republicans’ claims that the city put Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in danger by sharing their names in a recent report.
That document detailed 35 immigration-related interactions between the Metro Nashville Police Department and federal agencies.
Nashville criticized for sharing ICE interactions
O’Connell said at press conference on Friday, May 30 that it was never the city’s intent to make those names public. The information was included in a report created under an executive order that requires Metro employees to let the mayor’s office know if they interact with ICE.
According to O’Connell, as soon as the names were found, they were immediately scrubbed…