ICE makes over 4,000 arrests in Virginia since President Trump’s inauguration

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have made over 4,000 arrests in Virginia since President Donald Trump's Inauguration in January 2025, according to the Deportation Data Project.

First reported by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, as of July 28, ICE had made 4,179 arrests in Virginia since Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, according to data from the Deportation Data Project.

This is more than five times the number of ICE arrests that occurred in the Commonwealth during the same period in 2024.

ICE's own arrest data available on its website does not include statistics more recent than December 2024.

The highest months of ICE arrests in Virginia since Trump's inauguration have been June, with 873, followed by July's total of 758 arrests.

Data shows that the majority, or about 57%, of those arrested by ICE in Virginia since Trump's inauguration are not facing criminal charges.

These arrests surpass the number given by a spokesperson for Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who said that as of Aug. 8, the Virginia Homeland Security Task Force -- a multi-agency group that includes Virginia State Police, ICE and others -- had made 3,564 arrests, an increase from 2,500 reported in July.

As of Aug. 4, ICE's data shows that there were 574 people detained at the Farmville Detention Center in Prince Edward County and 298 detainees at Caroline Detention Center.

After Riverside Regional Jail agreed with ICE in May to temporarily house the agency's detainees, there have reportedly been 119 stays of ICE detainees at the jail, according to data from the Deportation Data Project.

Although Jeffrey Dillman, the jail's superintendent, claimed during a meeting of the jail's authority board in July that ICE detainees are typically held at the jail "for a brief period — averaging one overnight stay" before ICE takes them back into custody for further processing, data from the Deportation Data Project shows otherwise.

Many detainees were reportedly held at Riverside anywhere from a matter of days to a month and two weeks.

When asked about recent ICE detainments in Central Virginia in July, Youngkin said the Virginia Homeland Security Task Force was "working to make sure that violent criminals who are here illegally have been arrested."