W. Va. Code § 5-1-1
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§5-1-1. Arrest or deportation of persons during war.
Official statutory text
The Governor may cause to be apprehended and imprisoned, or may compel to depart from this state, all suspicious subjects, citizens, agents or emissaries of any foreign state or power at war with the United States.
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