U.S. authorities arrested 52 illegal immigrants during May 11–15 as part of Operation Checkmate, out of which 36 were working as commercial semi-truck drivers.
“Of the 36 illegal alien semi-truck drivers arrested, 29 were in possession of commercial driver’s licenses from states such as: California, New York, Washington, and Virginia,” the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a June 1 statement. “Three did not possess any form of driver’s license.
“Thirty of the individuals were from India, while the remaining six were from Mexico, El Salvador, and Russia.”
Most of the arrested individuals possessed Employment Authorization Documents, which they secured during the Biden administration, according to the CBP. These documents are no longer valid. All 52 individuals have been processed and will be deported….