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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 2, 2026

Nearly nine in 10 immigration-related arrests made by Memphis Safe Task Force officers began with traffic stops and were not tied to underlying violent crimes, The Daily Memphian reports. New data show the task force, which launched in Memphis on Sept. 29, made at least 662 “administrative” arrests — its internal term for immigration-related cases — over a 65-day period. Of those arrests, 580 were initiated through traffic stops, while the remainder stemmed from warrants, targeted operations or pedestrian encounters. As of the most recent report on Dec. 8, 2025, the task force had made 3,774 total arrests since it began, 650 of which were administrative in nature. In related news, President Donald Trump said on Saturday that crime in Memphis has dropped by 77% as a result of the Memphis Safe Task Force, according to the paper.