ACLU of Virginia has been working for more than fifty years to make liberty, justice, equity, inclusion, and dignity a reality for all people in the Commonwealth – regardless of their immigration status.
One in four Virginians are immigrants or the children of immigrants according to Voices for Virginia’s Children.
Virginia’s immigrant population has more than tripled over the past 30 years according to VCU.
More than 75% of immigrants in Virginia have been in the U.S. for more than a decade according to The Commonwealth Institute.
ACLU of Virginia has been working for more than fifty years to make liberty, justice, equity, inclusion, and dignity a reality for all people in the Commonwealth – regardless of their immigration status.
That’s why we launched a new Immigrants’ Rights Project in 2023. Since then, we’ve worked with brave, determined partners and clients on the ground to secure key rights for immigrants who call the Commonwealth home:
People who are immigrants often face dire consequences and are denied their fundamental rights if they come into contact with law enforcement, because many local police departments coordinate with federal agencies. Even without being accused of a crime, people can be held in immigration detention facilities in conditions identical to prisons. And instead of being released to their families and communities after an arrest, they're often transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention and fast-tracked for deportation.
We have a long way to go, and small changes won’t cut it. We need to eliminate abusive and dangerous conditions at immigration detention centers and end the jail-to-deportation pipeline in Virginia before the Commonwealth can truly be safe for us all.
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