U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed they conducted an arrest operation in the Ruckersville area last week, just before state law restrictions on their partnerships with local law enforcement agencies go into effect. WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi reports.
On Tuesday, June 23rd, ICE officers and local law enforcement partners arrested 49 people in the Ruckersville area who are “illegally in the United States,” according to an ICE spokesperson. Charlottesville Tomorrow previously reported that dozens of vehicles sat abandoned along local roads as ICE agents and Greene County sheriff’s deputies stopped them and arrested the occupants.
The spokesperson said all of those arrested had been transported to ICE facilities for processing and would remain in custody pending removal proceedings. They added, “partnerships with law enforcement are critical to having the resources we need to arrest illegal aliens across the country. When politicians bar local law enforcement from working with DHS, our law enforcement officers have to have a more visible presence so that we can find and apprehend the criminals let out of jails and back into communities.”…