Back in June, immigration agents detained 49 people in Greene County, north of Charlottesville, after local officers began stopping drivers on U.S. Route 29. Many were Hispanic men. Their cars and trucks were pulled over and towed away when owners were arrested.
Local moms united to assist women whose husbands didn’t come home.
Cathy is a middle-aged mother who lives in Charlottesville’s largely Latino neighborhood— Southwood. She asked that we not use her last name, because she’s concerned about the privacy of families she’s now helping – women whose husbands were picked up by ICE. Cathy speaks Spanish and was upset when she heard what had happened in Greene County…