This ARLNow article says it all. No need for editorial elaboration.

“Amid immigration raids, a quiet resistance movement builds in Arlington”

As fears of immigration arrests flare, a network of Arlington organizations has been quietly but rapidly mobilizing to help undocumented residents and hinder immigration enforcement. …

Shortly after the inauguration, the Arlington County Board voted with no publicly posted documents or significant public discussion, awarding $250,000 to a local nonprofit for “humanitarian support services.” This money has since made its way to two organizations providing legal support to undocumented Arlington residents. …

Read the whole thing. It goes without saying that progressives view the deportation efforts as racist.

Said Eduardo Zelaya, director of Virginia organizing at CASA in Action: “This fear-mongering is purposely meant to take away our power and make it socially acceptable for hateful policies against us as Black and brown people.”

Sure, go ahead and believe that, and see where it gets you.

— JAB