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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) visited the Chesterfield County Courthouse and met with local officials, attorneys and advocates to discuss their observations and concerns over increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity at the courthouse.
Riverside Regional Jail in Prince George County has contracted with Immigration & Customs Enforcement authorities to house detainees at its facility, but questions loom over the details of the compact. That has one Virginia lawmaker worried, particularly about the conditions of the detention.
A Virginia congresswoman is speaking out about federal immigration authorities at the Chesterfield County Circuit Courthouse after more than a dozen arrests were made there in June.
Rep. Jennifer McClellan visited the courthouse Monday to discuss what she calls "overly aggressive immigration enforcement activities."
Concerns are growing at the Chesterfield County Court Complex after ICE agents detained more than a dozen people over the course of two months.
“These are folks who want to get marriage licenses, they want to come in become a notary, pay their fines, whatever it is, and they’re still scared. Even U.S. citizens are scared to come to court right now,” Amanda Pohl, Chesterfield County Circuit Court Clerk, said.
Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan was at the Chesterfield County Courthouse Monday morning.
McClellan’s district includes the Richmond suburb where federal immigration agents have arrested over a dozen people inside the court complex, but she’s also raising doubts about numbers coming from Governor Glenn Youngkin’s office.
Virginia Democratic Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) says actions taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at courthouses are making Virginia less safe.
“You can’t have liberty and justice for all when you have brown and Spanish-speaking people afraid to come to court,” McClellan told reporters on Monday outside the Chesterfield County Courthouse, where at least 15 people have been detained by ICE since June.
Last week was supposed to be a busy week in Washington as the House wrapped up for the August recess.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after the Trump Administration abandoned ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas amidst an intensifying humanitarian crisis in Gaza:
Seventy-three members of Congress, led by U.S. Reps. Jennifer McClellan, D-VA, and Paul Tonko, D-NY, wrote to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to stop the roll back of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).