National media industry organizations are speaking out in support of Nashville Noticias reporter Estefany Rodríguez Florez, who was detained by ICE and is noted in court documents to be detained in Alabama.
Rodríguez’s detainment was first reported by the Nashville Banner. Nashville Noticias, a Spanish-language news outlet that has reported extensively on ICE operations in Middle Tennessee, later issued a statement on Rodríguez’s detention.
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