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Federal immigration authorities arrested 70 illegal aliens during a two-day highway enforcement operation in Oklahoma, including 34 individuals operating commercial trucks without legal authorization, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The coordinated effort, known as “Operation Guardian,” took place in late October along the Interstate 40 corridor. This operation was conducted in partnership with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and marked the second major enforcement action in the state within a month.
This latest crackdown follows the Trump administration’s broader effort targeting illegal alien truck drivers operating under fraudulent or unlawful commercial licenses.
“For the second time in just the past month, the state of Oklahoma and ICE have banded together to bolster public safety along Oklahoma’s highways, identifying and apprehending illegal aliens who are in the country illegally and have been recklessly issued a commercial driver’s license by states like California, Illinois, and New Jersey,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Executive Associate Director Marcos Charles.
“Many of the illegal aliens arrested behind the wheel of an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer can’t even read basic English, endangering everyone they encounter on the roads,” Charles added.
ICE reported that out of the illegal alien truck drivers apprehended, 26 had obtained Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs) from so-called sanctuary states such as California, Illinois, and New York. Another eight were found driving commercial vehicles without any CDL at all.
Authorities revealed that the drivers and passengers taken into custody included foreign nationals from countries such as China, Guatemala, India, and Uzbekistan. Several detainees had prior convictions for violent crimes and other serious offenses.
ICE credited the success of the operation to Oklahoma’s participation in the federal 287(g) program, which enables local law enforcement to collaborate directly with immigration authorities.
This operation comes just weeks after a similar effort in late September, when ICE and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrested over 100 illegal alien truck drivers during a three-day sweep along the same highway corridor. That earlier operation uncovered suspects allegedly involved in crimes including human smuggling, money laundering, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, and illegal reentry into the United States.
The recent focus on illegal alien truck drivers follows a series of deadly highway incidents involving individuals found to be in the country unlawfully and driving without adequate language skills or safety qualifications.
In August, Harjinder Singh, an Indian national living illegally in the U.S., allegedly made an illegal U-turn on a Florida turnpike, blocking all lanes and causing a collision that killed three people after his tractor-trailer crashed.
In another October case, Jashanpreet Singh, also an Indian national unlawfully residing in the country, was accused of driving under the influence of drugs when he crashed into multiple vehicles on a California highway, killing three people.
Investigations revealed that Harjinder Singh did not understand basic English or American traffic signage. Meanwhile, Jashanpreet Singh was able to upgrade his CDL in California just days before the crash, despite emergency Department of Transportation (DOT) rules restricting such approvals.
In response to these incidents, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy issued new regulations tightening CDL requirements for non-domiciled drivers and enforcing stricter English language proficiency standards for all commercial operators.
Additionally, the Department of Transportation has withheld millions in federal funding from California for allegedly issuing CDLs to illegal aliens in violation of federal law.
ICE officials stated that the Oklahoma operations are part of an ongoing national initiative aimed at identifying illegal alien truck drivers and removing them from the roads to enhance highway safety.
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