Marianna Bacallao
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Marianna Bacallao
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Reporter at @WPLN.bsky.social, Nashville’s @NPR.org station
Previously @gpbpolitics, @gpbmacon
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Homeland security is outside the federal courthouse in Nashville where Kilmar Abrego Garcia is expected to be released from jail.

The Maryland man was wrongly deported to El Salvador in March.

ICE is expected to arrest Abrego Garcia upon his release.
June 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Homeland security is outside the federal courthouse in Nashville where Kilmar Abrego Garcia is expected to be released from jail.

The Maryland man was wrongly deported to El Salvador in March.

ICE is expected to arrest Abrego Garcia upon his release.
June 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Outside a federal courthouse in Nashville this morning, where Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, will be arraigned.

Abrego Garcia has spent the last three months in an El Salvadoran prison. Today will determine if he’s detained until trial.
June 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The measure has passed the Tennessee Senate, 19-13.
April 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The scene outside the Tennessee Senate as lawmakers are soon to vote on whether to deny undocumented students an education.

Republican leaders used a different entrance to avoid protesters.
April 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Protesters started reciting the Lord’s Prayer in a Tennessee House committee, as lawmakers narrowly advance a bill denying undocumented kids an education.
April 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
State troopers at the TN statehouse just carried a woman out of a Senate committee for protesting a bill that would allow schools to refuse undocumented students, Troopers warned her that they would press charges if she didn’t leave.
April 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The committee room is full as Tennessee lawmakers consider a proposal that would allow schools to deny students based on their immigration status. It’s the only bill on this committee’s docket. #Tnleg #Tnpol
March 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A measure to allow schools to refuse undocumented students has just cleared a Tennessee House subcommittee. Protestors say they’ll be back:
March 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The scene outside a TN education committee after a 5-4 vote that advanced a bill that would allow schools to refuse or charge tuition for students without legal status.
March 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The House has passed the governor's voucher program in a 54-44 vote.
January 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
As the Tennessee House convenes to consider passing school voucher & immigration enforcement legislation, protestors are chanting “Don’t sell out public schools!” outside the chamber.
January 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hundreds have turned out to protest for gun reform after the Antioch High School shooting. Students will march to the statehouse, as lawmakers convene for a special legislative session on vouchers, disaster relief and immigration.
January 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Tennessee's drag restrictions have been temporarily blocked — again. A federal judge in East Tennessee has granted a request from Blount County Pride organizers to block its enforcement during its Pride festival this weekend.
September 1, 2023 at 7:36 PM