Journalist Freed from Immigration Detention

0:00Hey, it's Cory with the story. With Durham News today, your city, your news, every day, a Tennessee reporter for a Spanish language news outlet walked free from immigration detention this week after more than two weeks behind bars. As Stephanie Rodriguez Flores, who works with Nashville Noticias, posted bond on Thursday following a judge's recent approval. She landed in custody after a traffic stop arrest on March 4. She's first held her at Etawa County Jail in Alabama, then moved her to the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Basille. Rodriguez Flores covers stories that take a hard look at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement practices. Her detention drew attention to tensions between media work and federal immigration actions. Her legal team welcomes the release, saying it lets her reunite with family while pushing forward on her immigration case. The fight to stand her community in the country continues. For now, she's out in back home. But this situation underscores challenges for journalists navigating immigration enforcement.

1:02Stay tuned as her story unfolds.