PAX, W.Va. (WVDN) – Governor Patrick Morrisey announced that the West Virginia State Police (WVSP), in coordination with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), have arrested 12 individuals for immigration violations over a two day period. Members of the WVSP were operating under the ICE 287(g) program, which delegates the authority to perform specified immigration enforcement functions to state and local law enforcement officers.
“I am proud to have West Virginia’s Law Enforcement working together with ICE to enforce the nation’s immigration laws and support President Trump’s border policies,” said Governor Morrisey. “This partnership is already producing results with a dozen arrests made in just the past few days. I want to commend the WVSP for their work as we