Democrat Freddie O’Connell, the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, is disregarding his constituents’ safety by not cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and siding with illegal immigrants, Glenn Jacobs, the Republican mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, told Newsmax on Thursday.

Last week, the House Judiciary and Homeland Security committees launched an investigation of O’Connell’s alleged obstruction of federal law enforcement operations after O’Connell condemned recent ICE actions and signed an executive order to track ICE operations and monitor any local government communications with the agency.

Jacobs, a WWE Hall of Fame wrestler known as Kane, told “Newsline” about Pierce Cochran, a young Knox County man who died after a pickup truck driven by an illegal immigrant crossed a highway median and struck Cochran’s vehicle.

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