
Holly McCall
Editor-in-chief at Tennessee Lookout
Editor-in-chief, Tennessee Lookout at States Newsroom
Editor, Tennessee Lookout. University of Tennessee orange. Harvard crimson.
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5 days ago |
tennesseelookout.com | J. Holly McCall |Holly McCall
13:26 News Story Immigration Photo series documents one detention in East Nashville’s Madison community Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been conducting what officials term “dragnets” in Nashville since May 4, when 84 people were detained in a South Nashville sweep, a spokesperson for ICE confirmed. Photojournalist John Partipilo on May 10 photographed a traffic stop in Nashville’s Madison community as ICE agents and Tennessee Highway Patrol officers pulled over drivers.
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1 week ago |
tennesseelookout.com | J. Holly McCall |Sam Stockard |Holly McCall
Tennessee Republican leaders are leaning into a “law and order” position following a weekend of traffic stops and detentions of immigrants in Nashville. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Tuesday that the agency has arrested 84 people without permanent legal status since Saturday in the state’s capital city.
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1 week ago |
tennesseelookout.com | J. Holly McCall |Holly McCall
by J. Holly McCall, Tennessee Lookout May 8, 2025 Life, for many Tennesseans, can change in an instant. A medical catastrophe, a car that breaks down, a death, can send families into financial emergency. In my case, it came in 2016 when my husband amputated two fingers while using a table saw he’d used hundreds of times. I was 45 minutes away at the time of the accident and when I arrived at the hospital, the first thing he asked was, “Do we have insurance?”We did, thank God.
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1 week ago |
tennesseelookout.com | J. Holly McCall |Holly McCall
Metro Nashville and state officials continue to seek information about a Sunday immigration enforcement action, even as several city council members question what role city law enforcement may have played. During a Monday press conference, Mayor Freddie O’Connell reiterated the traffic stops and resulting detentions were a result of a coordinated effort between federal and state agencies and that the Metro Nashville Police Department was not involved.
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1 week ago |
postindustrial.com | Holly McCall
An apparent immigration enforcement action by agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency in Nashville resulted in the detentions of area immigrants, officials said. According to a statement from state Rep. Aftyn Behn, a Nashville Democrat, “Witnesses reported multiple drivers pulled over and detained, including mothers driving to work, allegedly leaving children in vehicles by themselves.
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