Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell criticized ICE raids in Nashville, saying they are not focused on making the city safer, but instead leave the community fearing law enforcement interaction. (Associated Press / Getty Images)
O'Connell did add the move was not "intentional," but then quickly followed up that he wouldn't have described what happened as "doxing" in the first place.
"It's not a process that I would characterize as doxing. It was an unintentional release of names that were already part of a public record," he told reporters. "They were already part of a public record by being in Department of Emergency Communication's calls, so I don't think it puts them at additional risk. But it's also not an intention of the executive order under which those names are released."
Fox News Digital reached out to O'Connell's office for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.
Larry Adams, an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Field Office Director, told local Fox affiliate in Nashville WZTV that ICE agents disagree that making their names public is not a risk, noting their faces can easily be matched to photos on social media.
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"It has gotten more and more difficult," Adams said of his job under the new administration's aggressive deportation tactics, during a ride along with WZTV that occurred last week. "What affects me the most, is we understand the job we are doing, we understand what we sign up for, it’s mostly the attacks or threats against our families."
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), agents detain an immigrant in California. (Getty Images)
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According to local news outlet, the Tennessee Lookout, McLaughlin has also clapped back at O'Connell's claims that the release of immigration officials' names was a mistake.
"They claimed it was a mistake. There’s zero chance it was a mistake, and there will be repercussions," she said, according to the outlet.
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