The anti-crime push in Memphis is also an immigration operation

When President Trump announced the creation of a federal task force to fight violent crime in Memphis, Tenn., and called for the deployment of the Tennessee National Guard, officials did not say immigration enforcement was a goal.

Yet the influx of federal agents into Memphis has led to widespread immigration arrests – most involving people without criminal convictions.

It has created constant fear within the immigrant community in Memphis.

NPR’s Kat Lonsdorf reports.

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