The Greene County Sheriff’s Office did not report dozens of traffic stops it made during its June 23 immigration raids to a public statewide database, in apparent violation of state law. In data it sent to the Virginia State Police, the sheriff’s office detailed 27 traffic stops between 4:50am and 1:30pm that day, out of […]
“How was his English?” an unseen man asks Greene County sheriff’s deputy Capt. Brian Shifflett, as he climbs back into his cruiser a little after 11am on June 23. “Pretty good,” says Shifflett. He’s just pulled over a driver, supposedly for speeding in rainy conditions on a rural road near Stanardsville. But Shifflett and his […]
Mass detentions in Ruckersville on June 23 were an escalation in an ongoing effort to expunge undocumented immigrants from our area, according to eyewitnesses, family members, and people detained. The operation, a joint effort between the Greene County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, had been active since at least June 2, says […]
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office, working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, conducted a large-scale immigration enforcement operation near the intersection of routes 29 and 33 in Ruckersville on June 23. An ICE spokesperson said the operation detained 49 people. “I just saw them pull someone over right now where I’m sitting,” said Andrew Young, […]