RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Nearly 11,000 people have been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) across the state of Virginia since President Donald Trump took office, new data shows. Between Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025 and March 10, ICE agents arrested 10,988 people in t he Commonwealth, according to the most recent ICE arrest data from the Data Deportation Project. 8News previously reported that ICE had made 6,610 arrests in Virginia between Trump's inauguration and Oct. 15, 2025. The agency ended 2025 with 8,969 arrests in Virginia and made another 2,019 in the first part of 2026. MORE LIKE THIS: Central Virginia ICE facility has been over capacity for months The busiest months for ICE in Virginia since Trump took office were October and December 2025, with more than 1,000 people being arrested each month. Month and Year# of ArrestsOctober 20251,080December 20251,052September 2025974January 2026949July 2025883All of 20258,969Jan. 1, 2026 through March 10, 20262,019Virginia ICE arrest data provided by the Data Deportation Project, which gets its data from ICE. Data reflects the five months between Jan. 20, 2025 and March 10, 2026 with the highest number of ICE arrests in Virginia, as well as yearly totals for 2025 and 2026. Nearly 100 children have been arrested by ICE in Virginia during this time, some of them as young as 2 years old. Almost half of them were 13 years old or younger. Just under 370 people were arrested on immigration violations by Virginia law enforcement as part of 287(g) agreements, which allow for local and state authorities to participate in ICE activities. While Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) has since ended Virginia's state-level 287(g) agreements, several local agencies still have them. Majority of those arrested continue to be non-criminals, despite claims of rampant 'migrant crime' Despite the Trump administration's claims that undocumented immigrants commit crimes at high rates, 3 out of 4 of those arrested by ICE in Virginia since Trump's inauguration have never been convicted of a crime. Criminality Upon Arrest# of Total Arrests% of Total ArrestsConvicted Criminal2,86326%Pending Criminal Charges1,94318%Other Immigration Violator6,18256%No Previous Convictions8,12574%Virginia ICE arrest data provided by the Data Deportation Project, which gets its data from ICE. Data reflects arrests made in Virginia between Jan. 20, 2025 and March 10, 2026. Additionally, the overwhelming majority have no documented "ICE Threat Level," which means they have no criminal history. FROM FEBRUARY: Overwhelming majority of Central Virginia ICE detainees continue to be non-criminals, data shows It’s important to note that almost all immigration violations aren’t criminal offenses — they’re civil ones. As of the time of reporting, Virginia ranks seventh nationally in total ICE arrests, as illustrated by the Immigration Enforcement Dashboard. It previously came in sixth place. The Data Deportation Project obtains arrest data from ICE through the use of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The data publicly available on ICE's own website has been outdated for over a year, with the most recent data from December 2024. For more on immigration enforcement in Central Virginia, click here. ...read more read less