NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee Congressperson Andy Ogles said he would formally request an investigation into Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell and "Nashville city officials" for their alleged "repeated obstruction of ICE operations."

In a post to X, formerly Twitter, Ogles shared a video of an exchange with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem during a meeting of the U.S. Homeland Security Committee Wednesday morning.

"I will be asking the Committee of Homeland Security and Judiciary to be looking into the mayor of Nashville and any collusion or impeding of federal authorities and conducting their work in the city of Nashville," Ogles said in the exchange. "I would also encourage this committee and judiciary to look at other leaders — municipal leaders across the country — as they obstruct this administration, this Madame Secretary and her employees in doing their constitutional job, which is [to] uphold the rule of law."

As of publication, it is unclear if any committee will actually launch an investigation into O'Connell.

On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security issued a press release detailing an operation in Nashville that led to the arrest of 196 "criminal illegal aliens." Within the same press release, the DHS claimed that O'Connell "stands by pro-illegal policies."

In response, O'Connell said that leaders have "been delivering safety to this community by reducing crime multiple years in a row." O'Connell has criticized the "joint safety operation" conducted by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials and troopers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

News 2 has reached out to O'Connell's office for comment.

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