Immigration

Throughout this year, WMRA has followed the story of a young family of four living in Staunton. The father, Olman, has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since June. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi attended his wife's asylum hearing earlier this month and discussed the outcome with Bob Leweke.

Earlier this year, WMRA reported on a man living in Staunton who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in early June. Last month, an immigration judge denied his application to stay in the U.S., despite his credible fear of gang persecution in his home country. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi spoke with Bob Leweke with the latest.

The Rockingham County woman arrested by ICE on Monday, in an incident that was captured in a video that quickly circulated on social media, was released from jail on Friday. She's now awaiting trial for allegedly forcibly resisting the arrest. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

A woman arrested by federal agents just north of Harrisonburg on Monday has been charged with a federal misdemeanor of resisting officers. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

A video circulating on social media shows a woman being aggressively detained by two federal agents just north of Harrisonburg last Monday. Listeners should be advised that this report contains distressing audio. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

In early March, WMRA submitted a FOIA request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. We received the results at the end of September. The data they released reveals the number of people arrested by ICE in our broadcast region in the first months of President Donald Trump's second presidency, as well as trends within those arrests. WMRA's Bob Leweke sat down with Randi B. Hagi to discuss these records.

On Thursday morning, Senator Mark Warner visited with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and other immigrants detained at the Farmville Detention Center. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, published the last fiscal year's detention statistics in June. After reviewing the data, WMRA's Randi B. Hagi spoke with the agency's Washington, D.C. and Virginia field office director and filed this report.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, published detention statistics for fiscal year 2025 last month. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reviewed the data relevant to the Farmville Detention Center and spoke with Bob Leweke about what she found.

A carpenter and father of two living in Staunton was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in early June. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi spoke with his wife about why they came to America and her fears about her husband's possible deportation. Listeners should be advised this story contains descriptions of violence.