The mass detentions that hit Ruckersville on June 23 were not the beginning of an effort to expunge undocumented immigrants from our area. According to eyewitnesses and family members of people detained, they were an escalation of a campaign that began weeks or months earlier. The operation, a joint effort between the Greene County Sheriff’s […]
By Nathan Alderman and Catie Ratliff The Greene County Sheriff’s Office conducted a large-scale immigration enforcement operation near the intersection of Routes 29 and 33 in Ruckersville on June 23. “I just saw them pull someone over right now where I’m sitting,” says Andrew Young, an environmental lawyer who drove to the scene to document […]
Immigration has long been an expensive and confusing process in the United States, something made more stressful by the ongoing crackdown on pathways and people. At a difficult moment in immigration history, Charlottesville-based organizations have found routes to protect some of our community’s most vulnerable neighbors. Since launching as an independent nonprofit in January, Camino, […]