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On the recordNovember 17, 2025
I had a community meeting this weekend and met with some folks in Memphis. The issues that they were most interested in were immigration, ICE. They were very concerned about the people from ICE with masks on their faces mistreating people. They were dragging them out of cars, stomping on their heads, and arresting them. We have seen oftentimes they have done that to American citizens, and they did it in error. They were also concerned about the immigrants who were taken out of our community who do so much good in our community. I am writing a letter to Kristi Noem and reminding her that she said they were going to get the worst of the worst: the murderers, the rapists, and the sexual offenders. She is not doing that. They have decided they are going to get anybody who is in the country improperly, and that is wrong. I will write the Trump administration and ask them to take ICE out of Memphis. It shouldn't be part of this surge they have to help us with our crime problem. Hispanic immigrants are not part of our crime problem. If they were, he would go after one or two of them and not so many. Get to the business of taking care of Memphis and not eliminating and deporting people who help our society and our community.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Addressing concerns about ICE actions and immigration issues in Memphis.

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