RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Virginia ranks as the sixth-highest state nationally in arrests made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since President Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term in January, according to data from the new Immigration Enforcement Dashboard.
The dashboard tracks and combines case arrests, detentions and deportations throughout the U.S., beginning in September of 2023.
Following Trump's inauguration for his second term on Jan. 20, data shows that Virginia has seen 4,179 ICE arrests up to July 29, according to data from both the online dashboard and the Deportation Data Project, placing the Commonwealth as the sixth-highest state for arrests made by ICE during that period.
This is more than five times the number of ICE arrests that occurred in V