TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 24, 2025

The state is seeking to keep records of the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s (THP) participation in joint immigration sweeps with federal agents earlier this year confidential, arguing in Davidson County Chancery Court that disclosing trooper identities could endanger officers involved in the politically charged operations. The Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition sued the THP and the Department of Safety and Homeland Security last month, alleging the agencies failed to respond to a request for records and video footage of immigration sweeps in Nashville earlier this year, which led to the arrest of 196 immigrants, the Tennessee Lookout reports. Attorneys for the coalition argued the state’s redactions made it impossible to understand police actions.