Richmond, Virginia – Governor Glenn Youngkin announced a significant law enforcement milestone Thursday, confirming that the Virginia Homeland Security Task Force (VHSTF) has surpassed 2,500 arrests since launching operations earlier this year. As of July 1, 2025, the Task Force has arrested 2,512 individuals identified as violent criminals who were unlawfully present in the United States. The announcement comes just four months after the VHSTF was formally established through a federal-state partnership to confront transnational organized crime, gang activity, and illegal immigration.
“The Virginia Homeland Security Task Force has been extremely successful, and Virginia is safer today because of it,” Governor Youngkin said during a press conference held at Virginia State Police headquarters in Chesterfield. “I am grateful for the brave men and women of our federal, state and local law enforcement who show up and go to work every day to ensure violent criminals who are here illegally are arrested.”
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