ICE can’t be allowed to corrupt Virginia’s judicial system
June 26, 2025 9:45 am
RICHMOND, Va. – In response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detentions at the Chesterfield County Courthouse today, ACLU of Virginia Executive Director Mary Bauer released the following statement:
“The ACLU of Virginia is investigating ICE’s practice of targeting people at courthouses across the Commonwealth, including the detention of multiple people this week at the Chesterfield County Courthouse. The right to access the courts is a fundamental one, because all other rights depend on it – but Virginians who rely on the protection of the courts will be forced to go without it if ICE's presence means Virginia courthouses are no longer safe. We won’t let our judicial system be corrupted into a despotic mechanism for masked men to ‘disappear’ Virginians. ICE doesn’t keep us safe: we do.”
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