UPDATE — Gov. Patrick Morrisey was joined by state and local law enforcement officials Thursday to announce ongoing immigration enforcement actions and a major drug bust in Southern West Virginia. -- Steven Allen Adams

CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey and West Virginia law enforcement officials on Thursday announced additional operations with federal immigration authorities, as well as a separate action that netted a large amount of narcotics.

In a press conference Thursday morning in the Governor’s Reception Room at the State Capitol Building, Morrisey announced the arrest of 37 people in the country illegally by the West Virginia State Police in the first 11 days of direct operation with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

“At the beginning of my administration, I pledged to

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