<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The power of a united community truly can make a difference. When ICE officers tried to take a Tennessee man into custody, his neighbors shut that down real quick.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A standoff outside of #Nashville between the community and ICE reportedly lasted for hours, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/22/us/nashville-neighbors-help-prevent-ice-arrest/index.html">@CNN.</a> It started early Monday morning when ICE officers followed a man&#8217;s van and tried to pull it over. The driver pulled into the driveway of a house in Hermitage, Tennessee, and the officers blocked him in.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He remained inside the van with his 12-year-old son and alerted local advocates and neighbors about his situation. A crowd gathered before him forming a human chain around the van and witnesses said others started bringing supplies to the parked van, including gasoline to keep it running and food and water.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After hours of protest, ICE officers eventually left “to de-escalate the situation,” ICE spokesman Bryan Cox told CNN. Cox</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">said he wouldn&#8217;t say &#8220;who the agency&#8217;s target or targets may have been so as to not compromise a potential future operation that would seek to arrest the individual at a different time and place.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;While there were immigrant advocate community members present, it was clear that a major thrust of the citizen response was being driven by the immediate neighbors of the man and child in the van. &#8230; It was striking to watch neighbors deliver food, water, and gasoline to help their neighbor stay in his car,&#8221; Nashville City Council Bob Mendes said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The ICE agents had an administrative warrant, CNN affiliate WTVF reported. Nashville police, who had been called in by ICE, said in a statement that ICE was &#8220;attempting to serve a detainer&#8221; on the man. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Advocates argue that ICE warrants aren&#8217;t the same as the warrants that other law enforcement agencies get judges to approve in court, because they aren&#8217;t reviewed by an independent body and don&#8217;t give agents authority to conduct searches inside homes or vehicles without consent.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’ll keep you posted on any updates, Roommates.</span></p>
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