Trucking Laws · Wyoming · October 30, 2026

Wyoming Sheriff Says 72 Unsafe and Undocumented Truck Drivers Were Removed From Laramie County Roads in a Year of ICE Partnership

By Big Rig Daily Staff

The Laramie County Sheriff's Office in Wyoming says its deputies removed 72 "unsafe and undocumented commercial truck operators from local roads" in the year since the office joined a federal immigration enforcement program, according to CDL Life. The figures come from the sheriff's office's own report on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026.

What the sheriff's office reported

The office said it has removed the 72 operators since partnering with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through the 287(g) program in October 2025. The program allows state and local law enforcement agencies to perform specified functions to enforce federal immigration law, CDL Life explained. The sheriff's office said removing unqualified truck drivers has led to "improvements in public roadway safety."

The office also said deputies made a total of 538 arrests for federal immigration violations over the past year, "all of which strictly originated from traffic stops involving violations of state law."

Why the county joined the program

The sheriff's office said the program followed community complaints to the office and other elected officials about "unlicensed, unsafe, and undocumented commercial truck drivers utilizing county roads to bypass state ports of entry, causing significant safety risks and roadway damage."

The office has also taken part in several enforcement operations aimed at unqualified commercial vehicle drivers that it calls "Truck Around And Find Out" over the past year, CDL Life reported.

The reporting gap the sheriff points to

Sheriff Brian Kozak said that deputies have repeatedly encountered unsafe commercial truck operators, but that there is no effective federal way to report negligent or unlawful trucking companies to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The sheriff's office said he has raised the issue with national and state transportation officials, including NHTSA Administrator Jonathan Morrison and Wyoming Department of Transportation Director Darin Westby.

"Overall, we believe our participation in the 287(g) program has improved public safety in Laramie County," Kozak said. "But from a law enforcement perspective, there remains much work to be done to strengthen the national system."

What this report does and does not show

The numbers and descriptions in this story come from the sheriff's office. The report, as relayed by CDL Life, does not break down why each operator was removed from the road, and it does not say how many of the 72 were later charged or what happened to the trucking companies involved. Big Rig Daily has not independently verified the figures.

Quick facts

• Where: Laramie County, Wyoming.
• Reported: Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, by the Laramie County Sheriff's Office.
• Program: ICE's 287(g) program, joined in October 2025.
• Operators removed: 72 commercial truck operators, per the sheriff's office.
• Related arrests: 538 for federal immigration violations over the past year, all from traffic stops for state law violations, per the office.

Big Rig Daily has also covered how FMCSA says it has removed more than 10,000 truck driver training providers and is going after chameleon carriers. It also covered a Laredo, Texas, checkpoint stop in which Border Patrol says a car hauler carried 23 people inside vans.

A question for readers

When a deputy finds an unqualified driver behind the wheel of a truck, should the company that dispatched the truck face a penalty too?

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