Jails across the state regularly hold individuals who have no criminal charges on behalf of ICE. Looking at the numbers, five jails stand out. Two of those are in the Roanoke Valley.
Eric Bonds
Eric Bonds is Professor of Sociology at the University of Mary Washington.
Virginia has one of the highest utility disconnection rates in the nation. The data center boom will make things worse.
Data center companies are some of the biggest and most powerful businesses in the world. They are using some of their political might to ensure that they don’t have to pay for all this new electrical infrastructure themselves.

