This isn’t just about the eight Senate Democrats who surrendered. 👇

#AbigailSpanberger ignores immigration advocates' plea for protecting immigrant families in #Virginia

#thecifva on IG:

Today, we attempted to hand a demand letter signed by 19 Virginia organizations to Abigail Spanberger.

This same letter was also addressed to Winsome Earle-Sears. Because no matter who becomes Virginia’s next governor, our communities deserve a clear answer:

Will you protect immigrant families in Virginia and end 287(g)?

287(g) has separated families, fueled racial profiling, and created fear, not safety. We showed up with respect, transparency, and urgency.

We organize, we advocate, and we keep fighting for a safer, more just Virginia for all.

Source:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQdNOwvji2g/

🚨 Constitution Day Rally 🚨
Stand up for due process!

Join the rally today @ 1pm at the Norfolk ICE field office, in support of due process! 🗣️✊ Let's stand together to protect our rights and ensure fairness for all. Your voice matters! 📢

#DueProcess #JusticeForAll #RallyForRights #norfolk #norfolkva #virginia #HamptonRoads #abolishice #meltice

🍌 🚌 Support Mutual Aid in Hampton Roads, VA 🪥 🪒 🍎

original post:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DOKZT2dEc6K/

Donate here:
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tidewaterdsa
(please make sure to put in the notes “Mutual Aid”)

All funds go directly toward @tidewaterdsa mutual aid projects.
We are a little short this month for our aid distribution. Every little bit helps. We have been serving about 80 folks in Hampton and Norfolk each month. It costs just under $1000/ month to provide each person with the following:
1 very red drawstring bag
1 hygiene kit
1 med kit
Fresh water bottles
Sweet and savory snacks
Assorted fresh fruits
1 hot meal
1 all-day bus pass
And other assorted add-ons like
Clothing, bladder control kits, femme kits, school supplies, diapers, and cell phone chargers.

#mutualaid #virginia #tidewater #hamptonroads

@va_mercury_rss_bot

Price Tag for Trump’s D.C. Military Surge: At Least $1 Million a Day

An analysis conducted for The Intercept found that the militarization of D.C. could end up costing hundreds of millions.

https://theintercept.com/2025/08/20/trump-federalize-washington-dc-military-troops-cost/

🚨 Support Newport News Public Schools Bus Drivers, Teachers, and Families 🚨

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/support-newport-news-public-schools-bus-drivers-teachers-and-families/

Newport News Public Schools faces a shortage of bus drivers going into the 2025-2026 school year due to unsafe working conditions and poor wages being unaddressed by the School Board despite years of protest. This shortage of drivers has resulted in a last minute schedule change to bussing despite the afterschool program for the semester being set by Newport News Parks and Recreation. Parents are now scrambling to find childcare for students while bus drivers continue to suffer intolerable conditions. We urge the Newport News Public Schools Board to fully commit to raising wages and improving working conditions for all Newport News Public Schools staff, prioritizing the bus drivers. We also demand an immediate solution to the scheduling issue to mitigate the impact on students and their families.

#newportnews #virginia #hamptonroadstransit #HamptonRoads #publictransit #PublicTransportation

#vfp757 on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DNWE-eVOS3q/?igsh=MTh3a2N2ZGJzMXN1cQ==

VIRGINIA VOTERS! Call your “representatives” and urge them to oppose the National Guard being used to assist ICE.

We don’t want or need National Guard to assist ICE gestapo!! Not in Virginia and not anywhere! The last thing we need is more dangerous misuse of our military power!

☎️ Where to call:
• Gov. Glenn Youngkin: 804-786-2211
• Sen. Tim Kaine: 202-224-4024
• Sen. Mark Warner: 202-224-2023

You can also visit this website to view who your Congressmember and State Legislators are: Ballotpedia.org/Who_represents_me

***

📝 Here’s a couple simple call script for y’all:

1) I am a Virginia voter. I’m calling to voice my strong opposition to using National Guard servicemembers to support ICE in any way. I urge you to oppose this plan immediately.

2) I’m a Virginia voter and I strongly oppose using the National Guard to support ICE. I urge you to reject this now.

(add any additional comments / experience to either script if you want!)

***

📖 Read this VPM (Virginia Public Media) article, “Updated: Youngkin supports National Guardsmen assisting with ICE deportations”:
https://www.vpm.org/news/2025-08-06/virginia-national-guard-vng-ice-immigration-law-enforcement-federal?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMJpFdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHvmFSjN98W2VtMuceEQNWB9azbl22hIC5IGYaZUzTrxiM0_GSf9YRjrQQjOj_aem_44JYEa1ZZG0FrKeI1NC5FA

#vfp #veteransforpeace #virginia #ICE #gestapo #nationalguard #militaryindustrialcomplex #governmentoverreach #authoritarianism

#coaldustkills on IG:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DMc8q1ERSta/

TOMORROW: Come meet us at @colleycommunitycenter anytime 10-3. We'll have a civic engagement starting at 10 and then lunch (free!) at noon. Hope to see you!

#coaldustkills #nfk #HamptonRoads #environmentaljustice #virginia

Be on the lookout for these domestic ICE terrorists in the state of Virginia. They are dangerous sociopathic people to our communities.
https://icelist.is/ice/category/states/virginia/

Heidi Myers:
- Deputy Chief Information Officer at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Ashburn, Virginia
https://icelist.is/ice/heidi-myers/

#abolishice #meltice #immigration #ashburn #ashburnVA #virginia

🚨 Hampton Roads sheriffs are increasingly collaborating with ICE for immigration enforcement, utilizing detainers to hold inmates for potential deportation. 🚨

https://www.pilotonline.com/2025/07/13/hampton-roads-ice/

🔸 Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach updated its policy in February to explicitly say it will not hold an inmate beyond the 48-hour detainer period.

Since January, the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office reports a release of 60 inmates to ICE as of June 10.

🔸 Suffolk

In Suffolk, detainers can be placed on an inmate arrested on probable cause or who has outstanding warrants. Suffolk policy states that it won’t issue a detainer if the person is not arrested under probable cause. But if one is requested by ICE, the sheriff, chief deputy or designee will make the final call.

Suffolk reports that its sheriff’s office has not received any requests or active detainments this year as of June 13.

🔸 Hampton

Last year, Hampton updated its policy, first implemented in 2007. It instructs deputies to contact the Law Enforcement Support Center along with Norfolk’s ICE duty office, and allow them up to an hour to determine whether to detain the individual. The inmate is to be released if no other charges are on file.

The policy does not specify how long the sheriff’s office must honor detainers. But a total of nine have been issued this year as of June.

🔸 York County

The York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office doesn’t have a written policy for detainers even though it does issue them. Officials said they did not have any records of detainments this year.

Experts predict a gradual increase in enforcement rather than large-scale deportations, influenced by federal funding and political focus.

#Virginia #HamptonRoads #stopice #abolishice #meltice #immigration

#PSLVirginia on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DLX1FMDOoKT/?igsh=djd3OHNhaXF0bXUz

🚨 ICE is escalating its war on immigrants in Virginia. In just 3 days, 14 people were detained at the Chesterfield County Courthouse, including the largest single-day courthouse sweep seen in the state since the new administration began.

Many of those detained were there for minor traffic violations like a missed vehicle inspection. Agents waited inside courtrooms in plainclothes, some covering their faces, ambushing people with no warning.

We won’t let them rip apart our communities. Start by protecting those most at risk: share Know Your Rights guides and Rapid Response Toolkits such as those linked below.

But we can’t stop there. These attacks are part of a broader war on Black, Brown, immigrant, and working-class people in a system that thrives by keeping us divided. We must come together across race and nationality to fight back. No more raids. No more deportations.

🔗 KYR Guides in several languages: https://immigrantjustice.org/for-immigrants/know-your-rights/what-do-if-you-or-loved-one-detained/
🔗 Rapid Response toolkit: https://www.justice4all.org/rapid-response-toolkit/

#abolishice #meltice #virginia

‘Hallowed ground, desecrated’: ICE sweeps at Chesterfield court draw fierce backlash
https://virginiamercury.com/2025/06/27/hallowed-ground-desecrated-ice-sweeps-at-chesterfield-court-draw-fierce-backlash/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Latest from Virginia @latest-from-virginia-VirginiaMercury

Post from #ACLU of #Virginia :

"We are appalled to hear ICE is targeting people at the Chesterfield County Courthouse.
Our courthouses must be safe for EVERYONE. Virginia must be safe for EVERYONE.
SWIPE + SHARE for what YOU can do to keep Virginia's communities safe. ICE doesn't keep us safe—we do."

https://www.facebook.com/100064863065413/posts/1153836490121776/

Looking for referrals to #immigration legal services in Virginia?
GO HERE: bit.ly/va-immigration-legal-services

From @jamescdownie on 🦋 June 11:

For Trump's parade, "The Army recently asked the Vietnam Veterans of America chapter in Northern Virginia if it would provide 25 veterans to sit in the official reviewing stand. The group said no." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/politics/los-angeles-military-parade-trump.html
___
Me:
Y'all rock, Viet Nam Vets of Northern Virginia!

#Virginia #NoVa
#NoKings #Vets #VietNamVets

📌 SAVE THE DATE 📌 Migrant Detention in Virginia: A teach-in with Free Them All VA

When: Next Tuesday, June 17, 6:00-7:30 pm

Where: Virtual via Zoom

Interpretation available in Spanish and English

In 2020 people detained inside Farmville detention center organized hunger strikes to protest detention, abuse, brutality and neglect and demanded to be released and to shut down the detention center.

This week, we learned that ICE plans to expand migrant detention in the Virginia region by contracting a new facility with the capacity to detain an additional 1000-1500 men and women.

Join us Tuesday, June 17 at 6:00 pm via Zoom to hear from families targeted by ICE and learn the history of community organizing against migrant detention, and find out how to take action to shut down ICE detention in Virginia and block its expansion.

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📌 RESERVA LA FECHA 📌 Detención de migrantes en Virginia: Sesión de educación política con Liberen a Todos VA

Cuándo: Próximo martes 17 de junio, 18:00-19:30

Dónde: Virtual por Zoom

Interpretación disponible en español e inglés

En 2020, personas detenidas en el centro de detención de Farmville organizaron huelgas de hambre para protestar la detención, abuso, brutalidad y negligencia, y exigieron su liberación y el cierre del centro.

Esta semana, aprendimos que la migra está planeando ampliar la detención de migrantes en la región de Virginia con la contratación de un nuevo centro con capacidad para detener a entre 1000 y 1500 hombres y mujeres adicionales.

Acompáñanos el martes 17 de junio a las 18:00 h por Zoom para escuchar a las familias que han sido impactadas de la violencia de la migra, conocer la historia de la organización comunitaria contra la detención de migrantes y descubrir cómo actuar para cerrar el centro de detención del ICE en Virginia e impedir su expansión.

📅 Save the date! Join us on June 17, 6-7:30 PM for a virtual teach-in on migrant detention in Virginia. Learn, share, and take action! #FreeThemAllVA #virginia #immigration

Source - #FreeThemAllVA - IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DK0mMdbxHxR/