Governor urges ‘following law’ amid ICE raids, shooting in Nashville
“I think that the message to all Tennesseans is that we are committed in this state to operating under the law and fulfilling what those laws are,” said Gov. Bill Lee, in the wake of a Thursday incident in Nashville where ICE agents shot and wounded a Mexican national. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Gov. Bill Lee said Friday he believes the state must follow the law and try to avert tension in immigrant communities, even as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers conduct roundups and hunt for people in the country illegally.
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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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