ICE Arrests 650 Illegal Immigrants in West Virginia

The agency has signed 1,372 agreements for 287(g) partnership programs with local law enforcement across 40 states.

Protestors face-off with federal officers in front of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, MN., on Jan. 9, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested more than 650 illegal immigrants between Jan. 5 and Jan. 19, with several of them having “serious criminal histories and prior removals,” the agency said in a Jan. 30 statement.

The arrests were made by the ICE Philadelphia field office as part of an enforcement surge across West Virginia, with 14 of its 287(g) partners in the state, it said. In the 287(g) program, state and local law enforcement agencies partner with ICE to enforce immigration regulations.