CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Over the past month, West Virginia has been working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to crack down on illegal immigration within the state, and the governor said that operations last week contributed nearly a third of the agencies' total arrests.

Governor Morrisey said in a release that on Saturday, Oct. 18, state troopers were staged on Interstate 77 near the U.S. 19 interchange to direct traffic around the New River Gorge for Bridge Day. Troopers were assisted by the West Virginia Public Service Commission, ICE and the DEA and said that they found nine people believed to be in the country illegally and placed them under arrest.

The governor added that on the same day, another nine people were arrested for the same reason by a detail set up at th

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