ACLU-VA to ICE: Immediately Remedy Washington Field Office Conditions in Chantilly, Virginia

We’re demanding Immigrations and Custom Enforcement immediately remedy inhumane, dangerous conditions at its Washington Field Office in Chantilly, Virginia. Read our lawyers' demand letter.

September 4, 2025

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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. ICE must immediately:

  • Stop holding people for more than 12 hours.
  • Stop pressuring people to consent to deportation.
  • Release everyone who needs medical care.
  • Give people enough food, beds, showers, clean clothes, and space to lie down.
  • Let people access their lawyers —confidentially.

Read our letter to ICE articulating our lawyers' demands below.

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