State Representative John Ray Clemmons (D-Nashville) on Thursday suggested the nearly 200 illegal immigrants detained during the recent joint enforcement operation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP), may have only been caught because law enforcement pulled them over “because of their brown skin.”
The Nashville Democrat told WSMV 4 that he contacted state officials last month to ask about the operation, specifically seeking the identity, race, and ethnicity of each individual stopped, calling it “a pretty simple question” in remarks to the outlet.
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