Overview

• A three-day operation along I-40 in Oklahoma from Sept. 22–25 resulted in 120 people being taken into ICE custody for immigration violations.
• DHS said 91 of those arrested were operating commercial vehicles with commercial driver’s licenses during the sweep.
• ICE conducted records checks on foreign-born drivers encountered by Oklahoma Highway Patrol under the agency’s 287(g) partnership.
• ICE reported many arrestees had prior convictions that included DUIs, illegal re-entry, money laundering, human smuggling, assault, and drug offenses, and two others were arrested at a nearby marijuana grow.
• ICE is touting the effort as a template for scaling local cooperation under 287(g), citing 1,036 memorandums of agreement across 40 states as of Oct. 6.