Attorney General Bondi touts Memphis arrests during federal deployment as US, state officials meet

About a dozen federal law enforcement agencies ordered by President Donald Trump to fight crime in Memphis, Tennessee, have begun making arrests. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says via social media that the Memphis Safe Task Force made more than 50 arrests over a two-day period. The agents include personnel from immigration and drug enforcement. They have begun serving criminal arrest warrants while teaming with state agencies like the Tennessee Highway Patrol to make traffic stops. Bondi says more than 200 officers have been deputized. The Tennessee National Guard is also supposed to begin working with Memphis Police, although it is unclear how soon that will happen.