CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey said West Virginia’s partnership with federal immigration enforcement officials netted the arrest of a dozen suspected illegal immigrants on the West Virginia Turnpike over the weekend.

In a press release Tuesday afternoon, Morrisey said a coordinated enforcement effort between the West Virginia State Police and the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement resulted in the arrest of 12 people between Sunday and Monday suspected of being undocumented migrants.

The suspects were arrested during traffic stops on the West Virginia Turnpike section of Interstate 77 near Pax in Fayette County. The 12 individuals were arrested for immigration violations and transported to the South Central Regional Jail in Kanawha County. The State Police’s Parkways Interdicti

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