Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti's office says ICE's plan to release migrants in the state was 'derailed,' and pushback from the governor and lawmakers halted the plan.
The Tennessee Attorney General's Office announced that efforts by the governor and other state lawmakers were successful and ultimately stopped a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plan to release illegal immigrants, including convicted criminals, into the state.
The federal government’s single most important job is to keep dangerous people out of our country, and instead it has let killers and rapists illegally cross our border and walk free on our streets,' Skrmetti said in a statement. The records show that ICE’s plan to release migrants into Tennessee was derailed after pushback from Republican Gov.
While the urgent work to fix our broken immigration system continues in Washington, my office will keep fighting for transparency and accountability,' Skrmetti said. This comes after the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it is recommending more than 100 migrants that it has identified as having possible ties to a violent Venezuelan gang be put on an FBI watchlist after the agency flagged more than 600 with possible ties overall.
However, officials said they do not believe that all 600 migrants will be confirmed gang members and that many will be relatives, victims or witnesses to crimes by the notorious gang members. ICE did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Fox News Digital's Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
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