A migrant from India was arrested in Oklahoma after federal agents discovered that he had a commercial driver’s license from the state of New York that listed his name as “No Name Given Anmol”.The Department of Homeland Security announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Anmol Anmol in September after the Oklahoma Highway Patrol pulled him over during a routine inspection at a truck scale on Interstate 40.Immigrations and Customs Enforcement ran a check and said they determined that Anmol is in the United States illegally from India. They said he entered the country illegally in 2023 and was released by the Biden administration.The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website does clarify that people with one name, or a mononym, are allowed to obtain a license. Chapter Five of the policy manual states the following:”When a benefit requestor has a single name, USCIS considers the single name as the family name. USCIS may insert No Name Given as the given name in this circumstance.” New York’s Green Light Law allows all New Yorkers age 16 and older to apply for a standard, non federal and non-commercial driver license or learner permit regardless of their citizenship or lawful status.The law does not cover commercial licenses. The license in the photo provided by DHS also shows a star in the upper right corner, which denotes it as a REAL ID. People who wish to obtain a REAL ID in New York are required to show a social security card, two proofs of residence and proof of lawful status, according to the New York Department of Motor Vehicles.The arrest was part of Operation Guardian in Oklahoma, which is an effort conducted by ICE and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.Oklahoma officials said that a majority of 120 people apprehended during the operation obtained CDLs from four states, including New York, according to WPTZ sister station KOCO in Oklahoma City.Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the operation helped remove dangerous drivers from the roads. She criticized New York for allowing Anmol and others to obtain a CDL.“New York is not only failing to check if applicants applying to drive 18-wheelers are U.S. citizens but even failing to obtain the full legal names of individuals they are issuing commercial drivers’ licenses to,” she said in a statement. “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.”
A migrant from India was arrested in Oklahoma after federal agents discovered that he had a commercial driver’s license from the state of New York that listed his name as “No Name Given Anmol”.
The Department of Homeland Security announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Anmol Anmol in September after the Oklahoma Highway Patrol pulled him over during a routine inspection at a truck scale on Interstate 40.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement ran a check and said they determined that Anmol is in the United States illegally from India. They said he entered the country illegally in 2023 and was released by the Biden administration.
Department of Homeland Security
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website does clarify that people with one name, or a mononym, are allowed to obtain a license. Chapter Five of the policy manual states the following:
“When a benefit requestor has a single name, USCIS considers the single name as the family name. USCIS may insert No Name Given as the given name in this circumstance.”
New York’s Green Light Law allows all New Yorkers age 16 and older to apply for a standard, non federal and non-commercial driver license or learner permit regardless of their citizenship or lawful status.
The law does not cover commercial licenses.
The license in the photo provided by DHS also shows a star in the upper right corner, which denotes it as a REAL ID. People who wish to obtain a REAL ID in New York are required to show a social security card, two proofs of residence and proof of lawful status, according to the New York Department of Motor Vehicles.
The arrest was part of Operation Guardian in Oklahoma, which is an effort conducted by ICE and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Oklahoma officials said that a majority of 120 people apprehended during the operation obtained CDLs from four states, including New York, according to WPTZ sister station KOCO in Oklahoma City.
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the operation helped remove dangerous drivers from the roads. She criticized New York for allowing Anmol and others to obtain a CDL.
“New York is not only failing to check if applicants applying to drive 18-wheelers are U.S. citizens but even failing to obtain the full legal names of individuals they are issuing commercial drivers’ licenses to,” she said in a statement. “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.”