Jan 17, 2025
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Tennessee lawmakers are preparing for a special session that will include immigration-related policies. Specific details are not known yet, but the proposals will likely support President-Elect Donald Trump, who has called for mass deportations. Trump is set to be sworn into office Monday. He's reportedly teed up an aggressive immigration push. A promise he made to voters on the campaign trail."I will launch the largest deportation program in American history," he said at a campaign event.Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said he called to convene a special session, and they will support whatever policies Trump brings. The session begins January 27.In December, Lee stated on X he was already asking state agencies to "make preparations and stand ready on day one to support President Trump's efforts to secure our Nation’s borders & keep communities safe.""Nobody knows exactly what can happen, right? I don't think even the administration knows exactly what is going to happen," said Mauricio Calvo, who leads Latino Memphis, the largest Latino-serving non-profit in our region. He told WREG still, his team is preparing. "We are encouraging people to to have candid conversations among themselves about what is going to happen to my children if I get detained? I don't come back home.That could be the last time that, you know, see them," Calvo said.Calvo said education remains key."Every single person in this country under the Constitution, whether they're here with papers, they have the right to due process," Calvo said.During Trump's last term, rallies erupted as well as fear and anxiety as there were reports of a rise in ICE activity.An ICE spokesperson admitted in 2017, they had conducted operations in Shelby County and arrested those who entered the country illegally or those with criminal histories or gang ties. Calvo argued back then that wasn't the case. He claimed many were arrested without a criminal or judicial warrant."These are your neighbors. These are the people your kids go to school," Calvo said in 2017.Today, he repeats that message as he anticipates history will also be repeated. "So immigrants again need to to know the rights. They need to stick to the facts. We don't need to create panic and chaos. People need to be prepared," Calvo said.
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