Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, a diehard progressive, is now the subject of a probe by the fed after allegations of “aiding and abetting” illegal immigrants and obstructing ICE agents popped up. Typical radical leftist politician, right? Will they ever get a clue?
The investigation, which is being conducted by the Department of Homeland Security and members of congressional judiciary committees, is attempting to uncover whether O’Connell used federal tax dollars “in criminal enterprise” connected with illegal immigration, Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles revealed.
O’Connell had come out swinging for the fences against a large Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation that snapped up some illegal migrants, going on to put his John Hancock down on an executive order forcing all city staff members to report all communications with agents.
By the way, the overwhelming majority of the migrants taken into custody were affiliated with violent gangs. Guess Mr. Mayor doesn’t give two hoots in hell about the safety of his own people. Sad.
“We’ve heard it: the individuals that the mayor is standing with are murderers, rapists, drug traffickers, sexual predators, child traffickers…the list goes on,” Ogles commented Monday during a press conference at the Tennessee State capital building.
“I will always stand on the rule of law and with ICE. And I don’t just stand with ICE; I’ll stand in front of ICE because we the people have had enough,” the Republican lawmaker continued, according to the New York Post.
“Due to the remarks of Freddie O’Connell and the potential for aiding and abetting illegal immigration, the Homeland Security and the judiciary committees will be conducting an investigation into the mayor of Nashville, his conduct and whether or not federal dollars have been used in criminal enterprise,” Ogles added.
Ogles had already sent a letter to ICE and the judiciary committees encouraging them to look into the progressive mayor over potentially obstructing ICE operations. Agents working with officers from the Tennessee Highway Patrol had already busted close to 200 immigrants, again, many with gang affiliations, in the joint operation carried out earlier in the month of May.
After the arrests, O’Connell signed an executive order requiring city departments to inform the mayor’s office within a certain time frame after communicating with federal immigration authorities, according to The Tennessean. Ogles called the executive order “an outrageous directive.”
“If you’re helping violent gangs destroy Tennessee by obstructing ICE — you belong behind bars,” Ogles’ posted on social media following the press conference. DHS called out O’Connell by name after the operations and claimed O’Connell “stands by pro-illegal policies, claiming that these operations were done by ‘people who do not share our values of safety.’”
Hopefully, this mayor will be held accountable for this twisted acts, which have endangered the lives and well-being of his own constituents.
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