Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez frequently reports on Immigration and Customs Enforcement action, becoming familiar with the sudden arrests that have become hallmarks of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Mario Guevara, a Salvadoran journalist, was deported in October after being arrested while covering a “No Kings” protest in Atlanta. However, according to ICE, “she failed to depart the country and is in violation of the conditions of her visa and currently has no lawful immigration status. Rodriguez received a letter from ICE on January 8 asking her to come to the Nashville field office for “processing and additional information,” according to court documents. Obviously, she’s been through a lot and kept being a journalist despite everything that’s happened, and despite, you know, obviously, the inherent risk of just being near ICE and while she’s covering other arrests,” Coxander said.

Source: CNN March 07, 2026 10:37 UTC