TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 3, 2025

Federal immigration officials are making arrests from within Tennessee jails at a much higher rate than other states, WPLN reports. A new study from the Prison Policy Initiative ranks Tennessee second only to Texas in the number of people ICE picks up from jail. The data suggests more ICE agents in the state are relying on local police to carry out mass deportations. These arrests have been especially high in Knox County, where the number of people held for ICE jumped from six in January to nearly 50 in April.