{"id":2652253,"date":"2026-08-31T11:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-illegal-alien-truckers-apprehended-after-blue-states-gave-them-cdls\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:36:16","slug":"dozens-of-illegal-alien-truckers-apprehended-after-blue-states-gave-them-cdls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-illegal-alien-truckers-apprehended-after-blue-states-gave-them-cdls\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of Illegal Alien Truckers Apprehended After Blue States Gave Them CDLs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdozens-of-illegal-alien-truckers-apprehended-after-blue-states-gave-them-cdls%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2652253&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that U.S. authorities, specifically the Department of Homeland security and Customs and Border Protection, arrested 95 illegal immigrant truck drivers in Arizona during an operation conducted from August 10 to August 14. moast of these drivers held commercial driver\u2019s licenses issued by California, with the majority from California and New York.The operation also uncovered broader criminal activity, including two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbp-agent-assaulted-responding-to-smuggle-run-at-border\/\" title=\"CBP agent assaulted responding to smuggle run at border\">human smuggling events<\/a>, the seizure of drugs (74 pounds of methamphetamine and 169 pounds of marijuana), and the detention of 143 suspects from 18 countries. While it remains unclear how many of the arrested drivers will be prosecuted or removed, officials emphasize efforts to eliminate unlicensed or untrained drivers and enhance road safety.The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joy-behar-shocks-the-view-co-host-with-x-rated-trump-joke-live-on-air-27\/\" title=\"Joy Behar Shocks &#039;The View&#039; Co-Host with X-Rated Trump Joke Live on Air\">incident highlights ongoing tensions<\/a> over California\u2019s issuance of commercial licenses to illegal immigrants and suggests that other states like Texas and florida are also cracking down on illegal truckers, with discussions about replacing such drivers with American veterans.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Federal agents arrested 95 illegal immigrant truck drivers in Arizona this month, and most of them were carrying commercial licenses issued by California.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Customs and Border Protection ran the operation in the Yuma Sector between Aug. 10 and Aug. 14, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dozens-illegal-alien-truck-drivers-busted-licenses-deep-blue-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>All 95 drivers had state-issued commercial driver\u2019s licenses.<\/p>\n<p>While 76 of those CDLs came from California and six came from New York, the rest were issued by a small number of other states.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security highlighted the California figure in a post Monday, saying it would keep working to get illegal truckers off U.S. roads.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">95 ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCK DRIVERS ARRESTED.<\/p>\n<p>Working alongside law enforcement partners, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CBP?\">@CBP<\/a> arrested the truckers in Arizona \u2014 76 of whom had driver\u2019s licenses issued by CALIFORNIA.<\/p>\n<p>We won\u2019t stop fighting to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-truck-drivers-cant-read-english-kill-americans-trump-needs-take-action\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Let Truck ... Who Can&#039;t Read English Kill Americans\">illegal alien truckers<\/a> OFF our nation\u2019s roads.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OojGPH3lHC\">https:\/\/t.co\/OojGPH3lHC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2094406295742710078?\">August 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Acting Chief Patrol Agent Dustin Caudle said the agency is trying to protect the public from \u201cunlicensed or untrained drivers\u201d as well as from smuggling groups.<\/p>\n<p>The trucker arrests were not the only results.<\/p>\n<p>Agents also broke up two human smuggling events, taking four smugglers and 17 smuggled migrants into custody, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>They seized 74 pounds of methamphetamine and 169 pounds of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>In all, 143 suspects from 18 countries were arrested in the broader operation, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>DHS has not said how many of the 95 will be prosecuted, removed, or both.<\/p>\n<p>The drivers\u2019 individual criminal histories were not listed in the first public accounting.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial licenses are supposed to show that a driver passed federal and state testing for heavy trucks. A license from a blue state does not answer whether the holder is legally in the country.<\/p>\n<p>California has been at the center of that fight for more than a year.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/florida-lays-plan-combat-californias-lax-licensing-illegal-truckers-following-tragic-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida\u2019s plan<\/a> to push back on California CDLs after fatal crashes.<\/p>\n<p>Texas announced its own crackdown on illegal truckers.<\/p>\n<p>Separate coverage has followed crash cases, including an illegal trucker in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-alien-trucker-caused-deadly-8-car-crash-learns-fate-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eight-car wreck<\/a> and a driver whose sentence was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-alien-trucker-facing-17-years-killing-3-freeway-crash-now-10-thanks-california-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cut under California law<\/a> after a fatal freeway crash.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-announces-plan-replace-illegal-alien-truckers-american-veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">floated replacing illegal truckers with American veterans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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