ICE Arrests Reveal Immigration Reality | Richmond News

Richmond News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 25, 2026 · 1m

ICE arrested over 15,000 people in Virginia since Trump took office — a fourfold spike from the two years before — with June alone seeing over 1,000 arrests. Most of these arrests, including over 130 children as young as two, occurred in the Richmond area. Shockingly, only about 25% of those detained actually have criminal convictions — the rest were arrested for immigration violations, often civil matters, not crimes. This data challenges the narrative that immigrants are committing serious crimes, revealing instead that many are simply navigating complex immigration systems or seeking…