Federal immigration authorities are making arrests from Tennessee jails at a far higher rate than in most other states. A recent report ranks Tennessee second only to Texas for the number of people ICE picks up directly from local detention facilities.

The data suggests that ICE is increasingly relying on local law enforcement to help implement President Donald Trump’s deportation policies.

Published by the Prison Policy Initiative , the report places Tennessee in the top five states for ICE arrests per capita, with the ranking even higher for arrests occurring inside jails.

“What the data shows in Tennessee is that police are arresting people—either explicitly for ICE pickup or for other offenses—and then holding them until ICE takes them into custody,” said Wanda Bertram, a spokesper

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