The latest Immigration coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our News section.
Immigration
The location of a planned U.S. Department of Homeland Security national immigration enforcement call center has changed from Adams to Nashville, a federal contract database shows.
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The owners of Buenos Dias Coffee, a family-run shop in Rossville, say they're permanently closing the business and moving to Mexico after their mother was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month.
A man who was previously twice deported from the United States is likely facing a third deportation after a federal court hearing Friday.
Roughly half of voters support President Donald Trump's deportations and his handling of the border with Mexico, but a sizable majority believes that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has gone too far, according to a poll from The New York Times and Siena University.
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Hamilton County Sheriff Austin Garrett said his office is regularly reporting between 35 and 50 unauthorized immigrants detained at the county jail each month, as National Guard troops were activated this week for immigration enforcement in Tennessee.
There are few places in the U.S. with a more deeply ingrained reputation as a refuge for immigrants than New York City, where the Statue of Liberty rises from the harbor as a symbol of welcome for the worn and weary.
