The case in Memphis also challenges Tennesseeâs Halo Law, which criminalizes anyone who gets within 25 feet of an officer after theyâve been warned to step away. Task force agents are invoking the law against observers who are not interfering, and sometimes forcing them back even farther than required so they can no longer see or hear. âIt unconstitutionally burdens peopleâs ability to engage in gathering information and recording what task force agents are doing,â ACLU attorney Scarlet Kim told me. [...]
The surge has not gotten much national attention in part because Tennesseeâs Republican governor supports itâhe has said it will continue indefinitely. And the Trump administration has framed it not as an immigration crackdown, which would get a lot of press coverage, but as a crime crackdown. (Task force officers from other agencies are arresting people primarily for traffic violations and crimes, but they call DHS officers when they encounter immigrants.)
Demster also believes Memphis has yet to grab the nationâs attention because people like him who want to get the word out are facing retaliation. Itâs all part of the task forceâs plan âto operate in the shadows,â he says.
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