Federal immigration authorities made mass arrests of illegal migrant truck drivers along a single highway during a two-day operation in Oklahoma.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), working alongside the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, nabbed 70 illegal migrants along the I-40 interstate in late October, including 34 who were operating big-rig trucks in violation of state law, according to the agency. {snip}

“For the second time in just the past month, the state of Oklahoma and ICE have banded together to bolster public safety along Oklahoma’s highways, identifying and apprehending illegal aliens who are in the country illegally and have been recklessly issued a commercial driver’s license by states like California, Illinois, and New Jersey,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Executive Associate Director Marcos Charles said in a statement.

“Many of the illegal aliens arrested behind the wheel of an 80,000-pound tractor trailer can’t even read basic English, endangering everyone they encounter on the roads,” Charles continued.

The massive bust, dubbed “Operation Guardian,” found that 26 of the illegal migrant truck drivers had obtained a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), typically from sanctuary states such as California, Illinois and New York, and another eight who were somehow driving a commercial motor vehicle with no CDL at all, according to the agency.

The busted illegal migrants hailed from all over the world — including foreign nationals from China, Guatemala, India, Uzbekistan and elsewhere — and carried serious rap sheets, such as convictions for violent crimes and other criminal offenses, according to ICE.

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