Ice-led operation detains dozens in Northeast Memphis raid
Aug 30, 2026·Location: Memphis, TN

Federal agencies including Homeland Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a multi-agency enforcement operation on Macon Road in Northeast Memphis early Sunday morning. Memphis Police were called to assist with traffic and crowd control but said they were not involved in planning or executing the operation and made no arrests themselves. Advocacy group Vecindarios 901 alleged more than 100 people were detained at a neighborhood establishment called El Corralón, calling it the largest immigration raid in Memphis history, while the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition said the operation left families and businesses disrupted.
Sources
More incidents in Tennessee
- Nursing mother separated from infant and toddler with Down syndrome after ICE arrest, later releasedAug 14, 2026 · Nashville, TN
- Egyptian asylum seeker detained at ICE check-in challenges detention without bond hearingAug 3, 2026 · Mason, TN
- Country singer speaks out after family member arrested by ICEAug 2, 2026 · Nashville, TN
- Egyptian National Detained Seeks Release from Tennessee Immigration FacilityJul 28, 2026 · Tennessee
- Honduran man dies weeks after ICE detention, family reports mistreatmentJul 27, 2026 · Memphis, TN
- Father self-deports to India, mother and child relocate after ICE arrestJuly 19, 2026 · Greenbrier, TN