Two U.S congressional committees are looking into Nashville’s response to federal immigration activity, alleging that Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s policies “threaten to chill immigration enforcement” in the city.

The House Judiciary Committee and the House Security Committee have asked for documents related to the mayor’s response after Immigration and Customs Enforcement executed a week-long operation in Nashville’s immigrant corridor last month.

O’Connell has maintained that Nashville has not instituted any sanctuary policies. Tennessee law bans the practice, and any local official who votes in favor of one could be removed from office and charged with a felony under a law passed this year.

Still, the Department of Homeland Security included Nashville on a list of sanctuary cities last w

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