Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Abrego, who the government admitted was wrongly deported to El Salvador, faces two human smuggling charges in Nashville federal court

The Trump administration plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a third country once he is released from federal custody, a Department of Justice attorney disclosed during a Thursday emergency court hearing.

Ernesto Manuel-Andres was greeted by a community celebration for his returned to southern Kentucky after he was released from a federal immigration detention center in Louisiana.

Manuel-Andres was taken into custody June 4 for allegedly being in the country illegally, despite his attorneys saying the 18-year-old native of Guatemala had legal authorization to be in the U.S.

Activists are raising concerns about alleged immigration arrests in Old Louisville.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador put a spotlight on President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, pleaded not guilty to charges of human smuggling during a court hearing Friday in Nashville.

Protesters are decrying the ICE detention of an 18-year-old Bowling Green resident weeks after his graduation.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 100 people have been taken into custody by federal immigration officials in a joint operation with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, leaving many in Nashville’s immigrant community uncertain and worried.

Five county jails in Kentucky are now certified to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees indefinitely.

The Boone County Detention Center holds people detained for ICE. Civil rights investigators have found deficiencies in the jail’s health and safety protocols.