The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office in Chantilly, Virginia, “is failing to maintain safe and lawful conditions” for immigrants held at the facility, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and the National Immigration Project.
In an interview with WTOP, Sophia Gregg, a senior immigration attorney with ACLU of Virginia, said the ICE field office, which is designed to process immigrants, is instead serving as a makeshift holding facility.
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