As Virginia was about to pull its local law enforcement from participating in federal immigration operations, Greene County Sheriff’s deputies were lining roads around Ruckersville alongside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
On June 23, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office joined ICE in their largest joint immigration enforcement operation to date, stopping dozens of vehicles and arresting 49 individuals, according to a statement provided days after the event by an ICE spokesperson.
Seven days later, on July 1, a new state law went into effect that bans exactly that kind of local cooperation with ICE, attorneys who spoke with Charlottesville Tomorrow said…