CHARLESTON — It has been more than one month since the West Virginia State Police began immigration enforcement actions on Interstates 77 and 79, netting 60 illegal immigrants during that time.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey and West Virginia State Police Superintendent Col. Jim Mitchell held a press conference in Beckley on Tuesday afternoon announcing the arrest of 23 alleged illegal immigrants since the beginning of October, including 18 arrests this last Saturday alone by troopers along the West Virginia Turnpike, on I-77 and additional stops on I-79.

“If you were in our country illegally, if you were in West Virginia, if you were breaking our laws, we are going to arrest you. Period,” Morrisey said.

In two previous press conferences, Morrisey announced the arrests of 12 suspected illegal im

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