In just three months — October 1 through December 31, 2024 — nearly 3,000 individuals illegally in the country (specifically 2,719) were charged or convicted of criminal offenses across 73 Tennessee counties that submitted data, according to a Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference report. Local law enforcement officers made arrests for a range of crimes including violent assault charges, with those illegally in the country coming primarily from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Venezuela. The data is noted as incomplete, as it does not include submissions from all 95 counties or cover all three months.

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