NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Following a deadly ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis, advocates for immigrants in Nashville have renewed calls for accountability and restraint.
While in federal immigration operations are routine, the deadly use of force is not. The last ICE-involved shooting in Nashville happened in 2019, outside the Food Lion in Percy Priest.
“I remember that so vividly because it was so rare for ICE to use violent force like that to fire a weapon,” Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition‘s Executive Director, Lisa Sherman Luna, said.
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According to the federal agency, two ICE officers attempted to arrest Jose Fernando Andrade-Sanchez, a 39-year-old Mexican national who had been deported four times before with six prior criminal convictions involving domestic assault and driving under the influence. At the time, ICE claimed Andrade-Sanchez attempted to flee…