RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Virginia State Police (VSP) aided federal immigration agents in apprehending nearly 200 people between February 2025 and February of this year, when Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) ended the 287(g) agreements established under her Republican predecessor. Following the re-electio n of President Donald Trump, in late February 2025, then-governor Glenn Youngkin (R) took action to expand the state's involvement in immigration enforcement activities by signing Executive Order 47. This order allowed state agencies to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in immigration enforcement. On her inauguration day, Spanberger signed 10 executive orders of her own, with one of them revoking Youngkin's Executive Order 47. Then, in early February, she issued her Executive Order 12, which ordered the termination of all state agencies' existing 287(g) agreements. While Youngkin's Executive Order 47 was active, multiple Virginia state agencies established ICE partnerships as directed by signing Section 287(g) agreements, including VSP. As part of the agreement, VSP was able to deputize its state troopers to assist ICE. MORE: Richmond immigration attorney debunks misinformation on ICE, speaks on activity in Virginia Per a VSP spokesperson, a total of 60 of the agency's employees were given credentials under its 287(g) agreement. In total, these employees "served exclusively in an assist role to ICE regarding immigration activities, resulting in 193 apprehensions" in the year Youngkin's order was active. "VSP continues to remain focused on criminal enforcement consistent with the department's mission," the spokesperson said in a Feb. 13 statement provided to 8News. When signing this order, Youngkin said it would "keep Virginians safe from dangerous criminal illegal immigrants." However, organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia pushed back against Youngkin's statements, saying he was spreading a "dangerous, false narrative." While ICE arrests -- as well as ICE detention center populations -- across Virginia have repeatedly broken records since Trump's inauguration, as of Jan. 22, the overwhelming majority of ICE detainees in Central Virginia are not convicted criminals, per ICE's own data. This has been a consistent trend over the past year. PREVIOUS: 'This is horrible for Virginia families,' Immigration advocates call on Youngkin to reverse executive order on ICE removal efforts When speaking to 8News in January, the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights said that Youngkin's executive order had a chilling effect on many Virginians. "We’re seeing market areas that are usually busy and bustling, [now] people are not going out to shop anymore,” said executive director Monica Sarmiento at the time. “People are staying home. People are scared. People don’t feel safe.” While Spanberger has ended the 287(g) agreements held by state agencies, her executive actions do not impact such agreements held by individual localities. Multiple law enforcement agencies in Central Virginia localities have standing 287(g) agreements, including the sheriff's offices in Hopewell, Richmond County and Buckingham County. For more on immigration enforcement in Central Virginia, click here. ...read more read less