Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti says newly obtained documents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reveal that the agency abandoned plans to release detained migrants, including those with criminal convictions, into the state after pushback from lawmakers and litigation filed by the state.
The 384 pages of documents, released by the state on Wednesday, show that ICE was in the planning stages of releasing detainees from its Louisiana facilities into Tennessee.
Among the detainees were more than 30 individuals with serious criminal convictions, including crimes ranging from homicide and sexual assault to armed robbery and drug trafficking, according to the press release and documents reviewed by The Epoch Times….