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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 16, 2026

Estefany Rodríguez, a Nashville journalist detained earlier this month by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, was scheduled to appear in a Louisiana immigration court for a bond hearing today. Separately, a federal judge in Nashville has set a hearing for Tuesday to consider constitutional challenges to her detention from her attorneys, the Tennessee Lookout reports. Rodríguez, a reporter for the Spanish-language outlet Nashville Noticias, was arrested by ICE agents March 4. Government attorneys say she is subject to deportation after allegedly overstaying her visa.