TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) – The Indiana State Police tells News 10 it is on the lookout for fraudulent CDL’s given to illegal immigrants.
Per a 287G agreement with the federal government, ISP is responsible for helping ICE detain suspected illegal immigrants. This includes commercial drivers on Indiana interstates. “There are illegal immigrants behind these 18-wheelers that you see going down the roadway. We are making traffic stops and finding out that we are running into them,” says Sgt. Matt Ames with the Indiana State Police. ISP has worked with ICE to detain or deport 21 people statewide under this agreement.
Ames tells News 10 that ISP has been notified by the state of Indiana to be on the lookout for fraudulent CDL’s given to illegal immigrants. “We have been given notification that the state of California and the state of Pennsylvania have been giving out CDL’s that may be fraudulent.
In November, the state of California confirmed that at least 17,000 fraudulent CDL’s had been given out by the state…