Anti-ICE protesters are planning a demonstration near the South Arlington home of a top federal official tomorrow (Saturday).
A vigil and procession taking aim at ICE tactics, federal immigration policy and the actions of Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, are expected to take place in Alcova Heights.
The protest is the latest in a series of actions targeting the Arlington homes of figures associated with the Trump administration.
Faith leaders and other organizers plan to pass near Vought’s home and place stones around the neighborhood with the names of people who have died in ICE detention.
“Today we remember the lives lost by utter neglect, lack of human dignity, senseless and brutal violence carried out by the hands and weapons of ICE agents,” organizers said in a press release. “As a community, together we must dismantle the lies, seek the truth, and demand justice from those who are causing this harm. Never again is now.”
The action follows a sidewalk chalk protest outside the home of White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller in September 2025 and a noisy demonstration outside the North Arlington home of the CEO of Hilton Hotels in February.
More recently, anti-ICE protesters gathered outside the Arlington County Justice Center last month in support of a man who says he suffered a brain bleed after ICE officers reportedly chased him and shot him with a Taser in a parking lot on Columbia Pike.
A man was also arrested on an attempted murder charge earlier this year after he allegedly showed up at Vought’s home while armed in August 2025.
Speakers at this weekend’s vigil will include Rev. Julio Hernandez of the Congregation Action Network, Rabbi Jeffrey Saxe of Temple Rodef Shalom and Rev. Carol Thomas Cissel of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington.
“This regime has been detaining immigrants and holding them in for-profit prison camps,” Eli Tabb, an organizer with the Refugee and Immigrant Solidarity Coalition, said. “ICE agents and other deputized law enforcement personnel are killing innocent non-violent civilians on the street and in these camps, all under the guise of immigration enforcement.”
The protest is scheduled to begin at Alcova Heights Park at 2 p.m. and conclude with “a slow and peaceful procession” stopping “near” Vought’s home.
