ICE under Trump is breaking the law in a Virginia holding facility
August 28, 2025 12:00 pm
RICHMOND, Va. - In response to reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is holding people in dangerous and unlawful conditions at its Washington Field Office in Chantilly, Virginia, ACLU of Virginia Senior Immigrants' Rights Attorney Sophia Gregg issued the following statement:
“The Trump administration’s determination to rip families apart has created a humanitarian crisis in ICE facilities. We’re learning about dangerous, rapidly degenerating conditions at temporary holding facilities like the one in Chantilly, Virginia, where ICE is holding up to 80 people in a single room for more than a week at a time with no access to a lawyer, medical care or even basic hygiene. ICE must follow the law, not violate people’s civil rights and civil liberties – or physical safety – to advance an inhumane political agenda."
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