A new report from the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia said that numerous statements made by state officials about a winter immigration crackdown in West Virginia were false or misleading. Three-quarters of the people arrested during the 15-day immigration arrest – called “Operation Country Roads†– had no criminal record, the group said.
West Virginia won’t accept any new immigrant detainees following a flurry of orders from federal judges saying that the state unlawfully held …
As federal judges have ruled that three immigrants were wrongly jailed in West Virginia, the state continues to hold hundreds of immigrant detainees in its overcrowded jails. U.S. District Judge Thomas Johnston on Wednesday ordered the release of Danny Briceno-Solano from South Central Regional Jail, where he has been held for weeks. The jail is […]
