Overview
- Public safety commissioner Tim Tipton said troopers stopped more than 500 vehicles during the eastern Oklahoma operation on I-40.
- Highway patrol troopers credentialed under ICE’s 287(g) program conducted immigration questioning and arrests in partnership with federal agents.
- Officials reported that 34 of the 73 people detained were driving commercial vehicles, highlighting licensing and training concerns.
- Authorities said one person had an Interpol warrant and three who fled on foot were apprehended, and they claim several detainees had prior convictions.
- Leaders signaled the stings will extend to Oklahoma’s northern and southern borders following a late-September I-40 sweep in the west that produced roughly 120 arrests.