Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., said two House committees will investigate Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell for possibly “aiding and abetting” illegal migrants and obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Ogles announced the probes during a press conference that included federal, state, and local officials at the Tennessee State Capitol.

“We’ve heard it: the individuals that the mayor is standing with are murderers, rapists, drug traffickers, sexual predators, child traffickers … the list goes on,” Ogles told reporters Monday. “Which is why I will always stand on the rule of law and with ICE. And I don’t just stand with ICE, I’ll stand in front of ICE because we the people have had enough. I choose my community, my state and my family over this type of nonsense.

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