The truck driver caught in Oklahoma with a New York State commercial driver’s license without a first name was identified as an Indian migrant who illegally entered the country in 2023.
ICE agents arrested Anmol Anmol after he was stopped by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol during a routine inspection at a truck scale off I-40 last month, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday.
Anmol handed over his legitimate New York-issued driver’s license, which had the words “No Name Given” in place of his first and middle monikers.
Anmol allegedly entered the US illegally in 2023 and was subsequently released into the country by the Biden administration, the DHS said.
He was placed into removal proceedings after his arrest.
The New York Department of Motor Vehicles confirmed to The Post that the license, issued on April 14 and set to expire May 26, 2028, was real.
Anmol’s license bore the “Class A” designation, which allowed him to operate large or heavy vehicles in the US, and stated that he was from Richmond Hill.
A start in the top right corner indicates the document as a REAL ID that allows holders to board domestic flights and enter federal facilities without a passport.
DHS staffers slammed New York officials for issuing illegal immigrants CDLs.
“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 Friday.
“Thanks to the successful 287g partnership of ICE and Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Anmol Anmol is no longer posing a threat to drivers,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Friday.
Troopers had been patrolling the major highway in the Sooner State and apprehended 125 illegal immigrants during a three-day campaign.
“New York is not only failing to check if applicants applying to drive 18-wheelers are US citizens but even failing to obtain the full legal names of individuals they are issuing commercial drivers’ licenses to,” McLaughlin said. “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.”
Oklahoma Republican Governor Kevin Stitt blasted his New York counterparts for handing out commercial licenses like Anmol’s.
“If New York wants to hand out CDLs to illegal immigrants with “No Name Given,” that’s on them,” Stitt wrote on X. “The moment they cross into Oklahoma, they answer to our laws.”
Stitt praised the OHP for stopping 125 illegal immigrants driving along an enforcement action along I-40 and apprehending 125 illegal immigrants.
“This is keeping Oklahomans safe,” he said.
Amnol’s arrest announcement comes several months after another illegal immigrant from India allegedly killed three migrants when he made an illegal U-turn in an 18-wheeler on a Florida highway.
Harjinder Singh, who had been in the country illegally since 2018, was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide for the April 12 crash.
The three victims were identified as Haitian nationals Herby Dufresne, 30, Faniola Joseph, 27, and Rodrigue Dor, 53.
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