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“…The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrestedEstefany Maria Rodriguez Florez, a journalist for Nashville Noticias,, opens new tab in the state capital on Thursday. She was taken to an ICE detention center and remains in custody.
ICE accuses her of violating her visa conditions. A lawyer for her was cited by local media as saying that "up until now, she hasn't had a case with ICE charging her with anything."
Rodriguez Florez has lived in the U.S. for five years and "frequently reports on stories critical of ICE," her lawyers said in an emergency petition filed in federal court, saying she was arrested without a warrant.
ICE officers had an "administrative warrant" at the time of the arrest on Wednesday, an ICE spokesperson and a spokesperson of the Department of Homeland Security, of which ICE is a part, said on Friday.…”
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“… Rodriguez Florez arrived in the U.S. on a tourist visa, filed for political asylum, later married a U.S. citizen and has a valid work permit, her lawyers say, adding that she and her husband have filed for permission to adjust her status to lawful permanent resident.
The Trump administration alleges she was not authorized to stay in the U.S. beyond 2021 on her tourist visa.…”