Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell with, at far left, Metro Nashville Legal Director Wally Dietz and near left, Hal Cato, CEO of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee at a May 5 press conference addressing raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

U.S. “border czar” Tom Homan said Tuesday on Fox News that Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell is under investigation by a Congressional committee over his condemnation of immigration sweeps that led to the detention of nearly 200 people earlier this month.

As a result of O’Connell’s public stance, Homan warned that Nashville could soon see an even larger federal multi-agency immigration crackdowns: “We’ll flood the zone,” Homan said repeatedly.

“We’ll flood the zone in the neighborhoods to fin

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