A sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Oklahoma led to the arrest of dozens of illegal aliens posing as truck drivers, many of whom carried licenses reading “no name given” and were unable to speak English, according to Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK).
Speaking on Breitbart News Daily, Mullin revealed that the joint operation—coordinated with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and state Highway Patrol—was prompted by tips from legitimate trucking companies about suspicious activity at a truck stop along I-40, near the New Mexico border.
“In the first three hours, 17 semis were pulled over,” Mullin said. “The drivers couldn’t speak English, and their commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) were issued out of New York or California, all listing the name as ‘no name given.’”
Seventy illegal aliens were arrested the first day alone. The scope of the operation was so large that law enforcement had to halt temporarily due to a lack of impound space and available wreckers to remove the trucks. By Thursday, officials were better prepared and doubled the number of arrests. On Friday, truckers reportedly rerouted to avoid Oklahoma altogether.
Mullin raised serious concerns about national security and public safety. “These individuals don’t have medical records, they aren’t using electronic log devices, and they’re completely illegal—driving coast to coast with no background checks.”
He warned that such truckers pose a dangerous threat on American highways. “They can’t read road signs. They can’t communicate. They have no traceable identity. How are they even allowed on the roads?”
The senator called on other states to follow Oklahoma’s lead and crack down on illegal alien truckers operating under falsified or unverifiable credentials.
