Estefany Rodriguez, a reporter for Spanish-language outlet Nashville Noticias, was arrested by ICE agents on March 4, 2026 after agents surveilled her leaving home with her husband and 7-year-old daughter in a car bearing the news outlet's logo, then pulled the couple over after the child was dropped off at school. She was held for 15 days in federal detention facilities in Alabama and Louisiana before her release on a $10,000 bond. Rodriguez's attorneys argued her arrest, initial denial of bond, and transfer out of state amounted to unconstitutional retaliation for her reporting on ICE, but a federal judge dismissed those claims on procedural grounds, finding they were improperly raised in a habeas corpus petition and that the case was moot following her release. Rodriguez has filed for asylum based on threats she received while reporting on government corruption in Colombia and is now seeking permanent status through her husband, a U.S. citizen.