U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) teamed up with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) for a three-day operation that resulted in the arrest of 120 illegal aliens.
The operation, conducted from September 22 to 25 along Interstate 40 in western Oklahoma, highlighted the effectiveness of ICE’s 287(g) program, which allows local law enforcement to assist in identifying and detaining individuals who violate immigration laws.
During the special emphasis on traffic enforcement, OHP made around 520 contacts, with ICE officers running records checks on foreign-born nationals encountered during routine patrols.
Of the 120 arrested:
- Ninety-one were operating commercial motor vehicles with Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs). These individuals hailed from countries including India (39), China (12), Uzbekistan (13), and others such as Russia, Georgia, and Türkiye. Many were overstays, had pending asylum claims, or had entered illegally. Shockingly, their CDLs were issued primarily by blue states: California (44), New York (14), Pennsylvania (12), and Illinois (11), with a few issued by other states, such as New Jersey and Florida.
- Twenty-seven were arrested from passenger vehicles during traffic stops: Most were from Mexico (15) and Guatemala (10), with others from China and Cuba. Seventeen had entered illegally with no prior record, nine had been previously deported (six multiple times), and one had been denied a visa before sneaking in. Twenty-three of them entered the U.S. between 2020 and 2024.
- Two were taken into custody from a nearby marijuana grow operation.
Many of these illegal aliens had serious criminal histories, including multiple DUIs, unlawful reentry into the U.S., money laundering, human smuggling, assault, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, and possession of controlled substances.
This operation underscores the dangers posed by unchecked illegal immigration, especially when it involves individuals driving massive 18-wheelers on American highways.
This thing of illegals driving tractor trailers has got to be stopped NOW!!!! Bad enough with them driving cars.