Daily Progress - ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid

Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.

Hawes Spencer 12 hrs ago

Two men were carried away from the Albemarle County Courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday morning as part of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid.

Such scenes are becoming increasingly common as the Trump administration cracks down on immigrant communities. More than 100,000 immigrants have been deported since President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20. While the administration has argued it has targeted only people in the country illegally, courts have determined that has not always been the case.

What alarmed Nicholas Reppucci, head of the Charlottesville Office of the Public Defender, is that the enforcers called in to detain the two men in the city Tuesday morning were wearing plain clothes and did not display badges or arrest warrants.

"It's horrifying for the person being detained," Reppucci told The Daily Progress. "It's horrifying for the community members watching it."

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