Operation Checkmate Results in Arrests of 52 Illegal Immigrants, Including 36 Truck Drivers

Most of the arrested illegal truckers were from India, with a few from Russia, Mexico, and El Salvador.

A Border Patrol checkpoint on Hwy. 8, east of Yuma, Ariz., on May 25, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

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.