THP rejects ICE overtures after joint immigration enforcement operation last year

By: Anita Wadhwani

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: March 9, 2026

Words: 1,157

Last Updated: 1 day, 4 hours ago

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The Tennessee Highway Patrol has limited its participation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement since May, when a controversial joint operation in Nashville resulted in scores of immigrant detentions, agency leaders told lawmakers late last month.

“We’ve done one and only operation, and it was last May,” said Col. Matt Perry, who leads the Tennessee Highway Patrol, or THP. “After that operation they’ve reached out periodically for us to take part in certain things, and we …

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