First Fox: Another Democrat is under scrutiny for handling immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) operations.
Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogres, R-Tenn; written this week urging two top house committees to investigate Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell, who accused the Trump administration of supporting “false policies.”
“Recent actions raise serious questions about whether local governments are obstructing federal law enforcement and perhaps actively supporting illegal foreigners,” O'Connell said.
The Ogle district includes parts of Nashville.
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Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell criticised the ice attack in Nashville, Tennessee, saying that he hasn't focused on making the city safer, but instead leaves the community for fear of law enforcement. (AP News/Getty Images)
That continues amid a continuing fallout from three House Democrats accused of “raiding” an ice facility in Newark, New Jersey. Newark Mayor Las Baraka was among those who ran through the gates of the detention center following a bus full of detainees before being arrested.
Ice agents working with the Tennessee Highway Patrol have arrested nearly 200 people the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said were illegal immigrants.
A DHS news release targeted O'Connell by name for comments he made in early May. “What is clear today is that people who do not share safety and community values have the authority to cause deep harm to the community.”
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R-Tenn. Councilman Andy Ogres has asked the Top House Committee to investigate Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell. (Getty Images)
After his arrest, O'Connell signed an executive order aimed at tracking people's interactions with federal immigration authorities, according to WSMV4.
He said of his ice work in town, “It's important for us to get this right and it's very frustrating to see failures in the process.”
“As pleading law enforcement for eliminating dangerous individuals from the streets, the mayor instead chose to show that he would not support federal agents being monitored and mistrustful,” Ogles wrote in his letter.
“This executive order is not an initiative of transparency. It is already operating as a political weapon.”
The Trump administration has had several confrontations with Democratic city and state officials over the White House crackdown on illegal immigration.
His letter ended with an earlier request to open an investigation into O'Connell and other Nashville officials and to open an investigation into ICE and other Nashville officials, Judicial Attorney Speaker Jim Jordan and Homeland Security Chairman Mark Greene into the House.
Jordan is already holding a hearing next week on the threat to ice operations. The incident in Newark earlier this month is expected to be featured frequently during the event.
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“Our immigration system relies on all levels of cooperation and trust in government,” Ogles writes. “When elected officials weaponize offices to earn political points by undermining federal law enforcement, they compromise public safety and the rule of law.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Mayor Nashville's office and spokesmen in Jordan and Green for comment.
