El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrest 49 illegal aliens with commercial driver’s licenses
US Customs and Border Protection - News Release
Release Date: Fri, 12/19/2025
Story Summary
- El Centro Sector, California; Indio Station
- Operation Highway Sentinel
- Immigration Checkpoints, vehicle stops
- illegal aliens with commercial driver’s licenses
INDIO, Calif. — In recent weeks, El Centro Sector agents arrested 49 illegal aliens with commercial driver’s licenses during vehicle stops at immigration checkpoints and in interagency operations.
Between Nov. 23 and Dec. 12, Indio Station agents apprehended 42 illegal aliens operating semitrucks with commercial driver’s licenses while traveling on interstate or traversing immigration checkpoints on highways 86 and 111. Of those arrested, 30 were from India, two were from El Salvador, and the remainder were from China, Eritrea, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Russia, Somalia, Turkey, and Ukraine. California issued 31 of the commercial driver’s licenses; eight licenses were issued by Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington.