In addition to federal agents arresting and prosecuting illegal border crossers for a range of crimes including sex and drug trafficking, local law enforcement officers in Tennessee arrested thousands for a range of crimes, including for violent assault charges.
In just three months, nearly 3,000 illegal border crossers were arrested, according to a Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference report.
From Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2024, 2,719 illegal foreign nationals were charged or convicted of a criminal offense in 73 Tennessee counties that submitted data, according to the report. The data is incomplete as it doesn’t include data from all 95 counties or for all three months.
Crimes were committed by foreign nationals from 92 countries, according to the report. The majority were illegally in the country from Mexico (892), Guatemala (564), Honduras (332), Venezuela (130), El Salvador (86), Cuba (37), Nicaragua (37), Jamaica (25) and Romania (16).
