Originally published in the Summer 2019 edition of the Virginia Defender, issue 59, printed August 23. Reproduced here for accessibility and archival purposes. To find other stories in the Summer 2019 issue or to download the full PDF, see this post. For the full web catalog, see our Full Issues page.

A huge crowd fills the plaza in front of the Virginia State Capitol July 12 in response to new attacks on immigrants by the Bigot-in-Chief. It was one of many displays of solidarity across Virginia, a state in which almost one in every eight residents was born in another country.