# @unapologeticallymemphis on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-10-06T19:30:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Unapologetically Memphis (@unapologeticallymemphis) — https://gondola.cc/unapologeticallymemphis

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🚨 ICE ARRESTS IN MEMPHIS: HALF WITH NO CRIMINAL RECORD

President Donald Trump promised his mass deportation campaign would focus on the “worst of the worst.” But new data from MLK50 shows that nearly half of the people arrested by ICE in the Memphis area this year haven’t committed any crimes at all.

According to data analyzed by MLK50, over 400 people have been detained by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations in the first 7 months of 2025 — a 25% increase from last year. Most of those arrested are men from Mexico, Venezuela, Guatemala, Honduras, or Nicaragua.

Community leaders say the fear is spreading fast — not from big public raids, but from quiet, targeted arrests. ICE agents are reportedly using traffic stops, courthouse visits, and even regular mornings outside people’s homes to question and detain individuals.

“People are scared to even go to English classes or show up to community spaces,” said one organizer. Another noted that ICE is detaining people before they’ve even been convicted — and some are being held on ICE “detainer requests” that make bailing out almost impossible.

The West Tennessee Detention Facility in Mason has now reopened to house these detainees. And with ICE’s budget nearly tripling for 2025, advocates expect operations to expand even further across Memphis and surrounding areas.

“We may not be seeing large raids,” said Mauricio Calvo of Latino Memphis, “but when three people get picked up every day, by the end of the month, it’s the same impact.”

📸 MLK50 | 📄 Reporting by MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

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