Nashville Reporter Who Has Detailed ICE Activity Detained in South Nashville Stop
A reporter who faced death threats in her home country could now be sent back by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Nashville Noticias staffer Estefany Rodríguez was detained by ICE in South Nashville on Wednesday morning. There was no warrant for her arrest. Her attorneys have filed an emergency petition in federal court seeking a writ of habeas corpus, or an immediate review of whether or not her detention is legal.
Rodríguez, who was in the car with her husband — a U.S. citizen — has been following all the legal steps to citizenship. In her job, Rodríguez has reported several stories that hold ICE accountable, and it’s unclear whether her detention was retaliation. As of Thursday afternoon, she was in Alabama en route to an ICE processing center in Louisiana.
A citizen of Colombia, Rodríguez originally entered the country lawfully on a tourist visa in March 2021, then applied for political asylum. According to Joel Coxander, her immigration attorney, Rodríguez was forced to flee Colombia and seek asylum because of her work as a journalist. She covered armed and militant groups and had received threats, which Coxander has seen in the form of a text message. She also filed at least one police report before coming to the U.S. For the journalists’ safety, Coxander said, a lot of the publication’s articles have been scrubbed from existence.
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Oppression, bias, censorship... yes, moving here did not remove any of those, did it?
Poor lady. There was a time when people felt safe to be in the US. 