Oklahoma Partners with ICE to Enforce Federal Immigration Policy

Oklahoma is all in

ICE arrests 34 'illegal alien' truck drivers in a second raid on I-40 in Oklahomahttps://t.co/Pis9STEtvq

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… whatsoever.

Oklahoma is one of several states that have partnered with ICE through the 287(g) program to empower state law enforcement officials to enforce federal immigration policy.

Now "every trooper in the state" has the authority to "interrogate any illegal alien, arrest and remove any illegal aliens, and detain and transport them," Oklahoma Department of Public Safety Commissioner Tim Tipton said in the aftermath of the first raid on the interstate, which happened in late September.

The enforcement action, called Operation Guardian, found "70 illegal aliens during a two-day special emphasis operation from Oct. 28-29, including 36 criminal aliens and 34 found violating state law by operating a semi-truck or commercial vehicle while in the U.S. illegally," a DHS release said.

When it came to states that had issued licenses to the illegal alien drivers, DHS said it was the usual suspects: California, Illinois, and New York.