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A Franklin man who helped police investigate a string of sexual assaults against children is now facing deportation because a past DUI jeopardized his legal status.

On the morning of May 8, while on their way to work, Jose Reyes and his father Vicente were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement along with two other unidentified people. A video reviewed by the Williamson Scene shows two unidentified plainclothes agents in bulletproof vests making the arrests at the end of a rural Franklin road.

Reyes and his father were among the nearly 200 people — most of whom had no criminal history — rounded up throughout Middle Tennessee in a days-long operation. ICE refused to release additional detai

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