The Laramie County Sheriff’s Office has sent a strong message to illegal immigrants operating commercial vehicles in Wyoming: “Truck around and find out.” According to Daily Wire, Sheriff Brian Kozak announced that a recent three-day enforcement initiative by his department led to the detention of 32 illegal immigrants and more than 170 traffic stops across the county’s major interstates.
The targeted crackdown, dubbed “Truck Around and Find Out,” focused on reckless driving and commercial vehicle safety. During the operation, deputies conducted 177 vehicle stops, issued 51 citations, and referred 32 individuals to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for further action.
Sheriff Kozak thanked compliant truckers who supported law enforcement efforts on the road. “I really want to thank the truck drivers who are out there doing it right. I especially want to thank the truck drivers that were honking at our deputies, waving at them, stopping, thanking our deputies for helping them keep their industry safe and our roadways safe in Laramie County,” Kozak said in a video statement posted to Instagram.
“So hopefully now the word is out, this is not the county that you want to truck around and find out. And when I say truck around, I mean drive a truck undocumented, unlicensed, and unsafe,” he continued.
Kozak emphasized that his department’s traffic enforcement unit, composed of three full-time deputies, continues to encounter unlicensed and undocumented commercial drivers on a near-daily basis, telling the Cowboy State Daily, “they seem to be bringing in either unlicensed or undocumented truck drivers every other day.”
Kozak cautioned that the dangerous trend is not only in Wyoming but across the nation. Similar enforcement efforts have occurred in other states—including Indiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and California—where hundreds of undocumented truck drivers have been removed from the highways, according to Daily Wire. The issue has gathered national attention following a fatal Florida crash last August involving Harjinder Singh, an illegal immigrant from India who allegedly killed three people after making an illegal U-turn on an interstate.
Reports revealed that Singh, who entered the U.S. illegally in 2018, received a California commercial driver’s license after failing the test ten times in just two months. Federal lawmakers are now taking notice. The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability is set to examine the growing dangers of unlicensed and undocumented truck drivers in a hearing this week, where the sheriff from the county involved in Singh’s crash will testify.