A gay man in Virginia says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested his partner last month after they pulled over his car.
Luis Valladares Cruz’s partner, Josh Ayala, told the Washington Blade last week during a telephone interview that they left their home in Woodbridge early on Aug.
13 to go to Starbucks. Ayala said he and Valladares left their neighborhood and then saw “flashing lights behind us” once they drove onto Old Bridge Road. “We pulled to the side (of the road) because we were wondering you know, why is that,” Ayala told the Blade.
Ayala said he and Valladares assumed it was a “routine police stop.” “I really thought they were just police,” said Ayala. “We pulled off to the side (of the road.) It happened so