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<p>On Monday a group of neighbors in Nashville, Tennessee used their bodies as a shield against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers attempting to arrest a father and son.</p><p>The episode went down on Monday morning when the father and son got in their van and were promptly blocked by an ICE vehicle. The ICE officers attempted to coerce the father and son into exiting the van so they could arrest them. When the neighbors witnessed the attempted arrest, dozens of them streamed out to help, quickly forming a human chain between the father and son&#39;s van and the ICE vehicle.</p><p>&quot;We made sure they had water, they had food, we put gas back in the vehicle when they were getting low just to make sure they were okay,&quot; neighbor <a href="http://vhttps://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/22/us/nashville-neighbors-help-prevent-ice-arrest/index.html" target="_blank">Felishadae Young told CNN</a> in an interview.</p><p>&quot;I was real scared about what was going on,&quot; Young continued. &quot;It put a lot of fear in me, because it could be me, it could be my family. It could be anybody. It could be your neighbors, just like it was my neighbor today. It changed a lot about how I feel about this country.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>After a few hours of stand-off, the neighbors decided the best course of action would be to form a chain to allow the father and son make it safely into the house without being apprehended by the ICE officers.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><div><div class="video-correcting-container" style="left: 0px;width: 100%;height: auto;position: relative;padding-bottom: inherit;"><video poster="https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t15.5256-10/p206x206/66597809_404229043538512_1820944190792531968_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&amp;ccb=2&amp;_nc_sid=ad6a45&amp;_nc_ohc=LvG-3BhhpwYAX-_wRyB&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&amp;oh=25b266bcff5b75ff6bc12005423c2cb0&amp;oe=5FCBD464" width="400" height="400" controls><source src="https://video-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t42.9040-2/10000000_1825777940902206_3576974138499137536_n.mp4?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=2&amp;_nc_sid=985c63&amp;efg=eyJybHIiOjgzNywicmxhIjoxNjk1LCJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InN2ZV9zZCJ9&amp;_nc_ohc=wMz_YkW6uDQAX9w_eKW&amp;rl=837&amp;vabr=465&amp;_nc_ht=video-ort2-2.xx&amp;oh=4f4efe5ff76ccedbc2239b579cdb0c50&amp;oe=5FA72AA2"></video></div></div></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The ICE officers had an administrative warrant, which is not a warrant that legally gives them rights to remove someone from their home. In order to legally arrest someone at their house, ICE agents would need a signed warrant from a judge, luckily the neighbors and father and son knew their rights. One of ICE&#39;s primary tactics is to trick people into cooperating with an arrest regardless of whether the arrest is legal.</p><p>Luckily, after the neighbors successfully guarded the family&#39;s entrance into their home, the ICE officers gave up and left.</p><p>&quot;I&#39;m so grateful for everyone&#39;s support. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thanks to all of you who had our back today,&quot; the neighbor said at the door, when her husband and son were safely ushered inside.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Neighbors formed a human chain and stopped ICE from arresting a father and son.

On Monday a group of neighbors in Nashville, Tennessee used their bodies as a shield against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers attempting to arrest a father and son.The episode went down on Monday morning when the father and son got in their van and were promptly blocked by an ICE vehicle. The ICE officers attempted to coerce the father and son into exiting the van so they could arrest them. When the neighbors witnessed the attempted arrest, dozens of them streamed out to help, quickly forming a human chain between the father and son&#39;s van and the ICE vehicle.&quot;We made sure they had water, they had food, we put gas back in the vehicle when they were getting low just to make sure they were okay,&quot; neighbor Felishadae Young told CNN in an interview.&quot;I was real scared about what was going on,&quot; Young continued. &quot;It put a lot of fear in me, because it could be me, it could be my family. It could be anybody. It could be your neighbors, just like it was my neighbor today. It changed a lot about how I feel about this country.&quot;After a few hours of stand-off, the neighbors decided the best course of action would be to form a chain to allow the father and son make it safely into the house without being apprehended by the ICE officers.The ICE officers had an administrative warrant, which is not a warrant that legally gives them rights to remove someone from their home. In order to legally arrest someone at their house, ICE agents would need a signed warrant from a judge, luckily the neighbors and father and son knew their rights. One of ICE&#39;s primary tactics is to trick people into cooperating with an arrest regardless of whether the arrest is legal.Luckily, after the neighbors successfully guarded the family&#39;s entrance into their home, the ICE officers gave up and left.&quot;I&#39;m so grateful for everyone&#39;s support. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thanks to all of you who had our back today,&quot; the neighbor said at the door, when her husband and son were safely ushered inside.

On Monday a group of neighbors in Nashville, Tennessee used their bodies as a shield against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers attempting to arrest a father and son.