ICE Nabs Illegal Truck Driver With ‘No Name’ on Driver’s License
Federal immigration officials arrested Anmol Anmol, an illegal Indian migrant driving a commercial truck on an Oklahoma highway, who had obtained a New York commercial driver’s license (CDL) under the unusual name “No Name Given anmol.” this arrest took place during a joint operation by ICE adn the Oklahoma Highway Patrol that targeted illegal migrant truck drivers,resulting in 120 arrests,including 91 drivers operating commercial vehicles unlawfully. The case highlights systemic issues, as new York has reportedly failed to verify citizenship or proper identification when issuing CDLs. The department of Homeland Security criticized this practice as perilous to public safety. In response to similar incidents, such as a deadly crash caused by another illegal migrant trucker with poor English skills, stricter federal guidelines and English proficiency requirements have been implemented for foreign nationals seeking CDLs. Oklahoma officials have emphasized enforcing state laws against these drivers despite out-of-state licenses issued improperly.
Federal immigration officials nabbed an illegal migrant truck driver who managed to score a commercial driver’s license despite apparently providing “no name.”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Anmol Anmol, an Indian national, along an Oklahoma highway in September, according to a Department of Homeland Security news release published Friday.
During a routine inspection at a truck scale on Interstate 40, investigators discovered that, not only was Anmol living in the country unlawfully, but he was using a CDL issued by the state of New York that listed his name as “No Name Given Anmol,” the release stated.
The arrest follows a wide-scale crackdown by the administration against illegal migrant truck drivers, many of whom have been blamed for deadly highway accidents across the country.
“Allowing illegal aliens to obtain commercial driver’s licenses to operate 18-wheelers and transport hazardous materials on America’s roads is reckless and incredibly dangerous to public safety,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in the release.
“New York is not only failing to check if applicants applying to drive 18-wheelers are U.S. citizens but even failing to obtain the full legal names of individuals they are issuing commercial drivers’ licenses to,” McLaughlin continued.
“DHS is working with our state and local partners to get illegal alien truck drivers who often don’t know basic traffic laws off our highways.”
The arrest was made during a multi-day joint operation between ICE and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the release stated. That operation resulted in the arrest of 120 illegal migrants, including 91 illegal migrants operating commercial motor vehicles along I-40.
Anmol entered the country unlawfully in 2023 and was subsequently released into the country by the Biden administration, the release stated.
In September, the Department of Transportation announced restrictions on non-domiciled CDLs — commercial driver’s licenses for foreign nationals — after a federal audit uncovered “catastrophic patterns” of states unlawfully issuing licenses to foreign truck drivers.
Under the new DOT directive, many non-citizens will not be given non-domiciled CDLs unless they meet a much stricter set of standards.
National concern began in August after an illegal migrant truck driver — also from India — allegedly took an unlawful U-turn on Florida’s Turnpike, blocking all lanes and instantly killing three people in a car that smashed into his tractor-trailer.
Federal investigators later discovered that the driver of that commercial truck did not have basic English skills and could barely identify any highway traffic signs.
He had obtained his CDL in California.
Anmol’s case is not an isolated example. In September, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt publicly revealed that law enforcement officials had encountered other foreign national truck drivers carrying commercial licenses with “no name” listed instead of full names.
“If New York wants to hand out CDLs to illegal immigrants with ‘No Name Given,’ that’s on them. The moment they cross into Oklahoma, they answer to our laws,” Stitt stated at the time.
Along with stricter guidelines on foreign national CDL holders, the Trump administration is also forcing greater English language proficiency standards on truck drivers.
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