Lebanon Mayor: ICE still looking at facility in city, Sen. Blackburn working to stop it

By: Adam Friedman

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: February 20, 2026

Words: 405

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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Lebanon Mayor Rick Bell confirmed on social media Friday that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency is “interested” in property inside the city limits as part of its detention center expansion plan.

Bell said he spoke with an official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, about a property they are interested in along the south corridor of state Highway 109, but that U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn was working to …

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