How aggressive immigration policy undermines due process rights in Charlottesville, and the entire country

In late April, three plainclothes federal agents swept into Albemarle County General District Court, and carried out some of the Trump administration’s earliest-known local courthouse detentions. There, in front of stunned witnesses, agents detained Teodoro Dominguez-Rodriguez and Pablo Aparicio-Marcelino, who had each appeared in court while facing separate criminal charges. The sudden arrests—and the failed […]

UVA’s international community preps for the upcoming year

International students at the University of Virginia are facing new questions and concerns this summer following a barrage of updates and changes under the Trump administration. According to UVA’s International Studies Office, there were 2,236 international students in the 2023-24 academic year, including 845 Chinese citizens and 63 students from other countries who are now […]

Area activists navigate new immigration landscape

From the border wall to expedited deportations, hard-line immigration policy has been a priority for President Donald Trump for years. Amid the barrage of executive orders and immigration policy changes from Washington, D.C., local organizations and individuals find themselves in both familiar and uncharted waters. Charlottesville is hundreds of miles from the nearest land border […]

Airport escape: Teen on the lam raises questions about alerts

The 17-year-old boy who escaped his private security guards at the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport on November 30 was “scared,” “cold,” and “hungry” by the time he reached several homes six miles from CHO, according to one of those residents. An Earlysville woman who spoke with him in Spanish, and who talked to C-VILLE on the […]