Editorial: Immigration sweeps would challenge Hampton Roads residents

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There is no justifiable reason why federal officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Immigration and Customs Enforcement would need to lay siege to communities in Hampton Roads. But residents are right to worry that what has unfolded elsewhere could well be at our doorstep soon.

Deployments in other cities were similarly excessive, brutal and, in many instances, conducted in defiance of court orders. Operations have arrested citizens and legal residents, denied those detained the constitutional rights to which they are entitled, and needlessly created a climate of fear and terror.

Should concerns prove justified and federal agents descend on Hampton Roads, they should be met with exclusively peaceful public opposition, reminded of t