Last year my wife and I took a weekend trip to Nashville, Tennessee. Other than being quite warm (98 degrees at 2pm), we both found Nashville to be a delightful city. During our two day stay we used Uber six times, and of the six different Uber drivers only one was American with the others having come from Central America, South America , the Caribbean, and the Mideast. Note that I had no complaints about any of these drivers, but I thought their diverse countries of origin were unusual. Were the five migrant Uber drivers legal or illegal?
“No me importa!” … until I read an article on Shortlysts.com:
“A new report from the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference has uncovered the extent of crimes committed by illegal immigrants in the Music City State.
It revealed nearly 3,000 arrests in just three months.
From October to December 2024, law enforcement officers apprehended thousands of illegal immigrants. These arrests were made on a range of charges, from minor infractions to violent felonies, including 11 homicides.
The highest concentration of arrests occurred in Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. These are three of Tennessee’s largest cities.”
It was the inclusion of ‘Nashville’ that caught my attention. Granted that while those that drove my different Ubers were unlikely to be have been included in the 3000 Tennessee arrests in the last quarter of 2024, one never knows for sure. 3000 in one quarter seems like quite a lot, and reports like this do provide hard data about its impact of illegal immigration on crime rates and public safety. With a whopping 3,000 arrests in just one quarter, it’s clear that crime involving illegal migrants is becoming a significant factor in Tennessee’s criminal justice system.
It will be interesting to see if any other states dare to report their own stats on illegal immigrant crime.
3/1/25