Laramie County Puts New ICE Task Force To Work, Busts Illegal Truckers

Cowboy State Daily ^ | 10/29/25 | Jackson Walker

[CFW]

In what later became a public example of the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office’s new immigration enforcement powers, the agency arrested a pair of undocumented truck drivers Tuesday, one operating with a license that was suspended because of a DUI after the driver reportedly bypassed a Wyoming Port of Entry.

That driver originated from Venezuela and was going 17 mph over the speed limit while evading inspection, Laramie Sheriff Brian Kozak said in a Tuesday social media video discussing the arrest. That driver had no commercial driver’s license and was driving on a Colorado operating license, which was suspended due to having received a DUI, the sheriff said.

Kozak also reported the trucking company employing the driver was suspended by the U.S. Department of Transportation. He said the case would be forwarded to that agency for further review.

[snip]

“It might be 10 years ago now, maybe even longer, but I-70 coming into Denver out of the mountains, and there was a traffic backup, and signs warned of that ahead of time, saying, ‘traffic back up ahead,’” he said. “A driver who did not speak English drove into that and killed five, eight people, because he came in at 60, 70mph out of the mountains, lost his brakes because he couldn't read that there were runaway truck ramps.”

[snip]

The head of the regional ICE office covering Wyoming and Colorado swore in 25 Laramie County Sheriff’s personnel, including Kozak, to an immigration task force Oct. 1.

The task force is a product of an agreement between Kozak’s office and ICE. It lets local deputies enforce immigration laws.

Kozak assured the public during the swearing-in that his agency would not be conducting immigration raids, but only focusing on illegal immigrants who have committed crimes or who have been caught doing criminal activities.

[CFW]

We need more sheriff's departments cooperating with ICE so we can get these truckers off the road and close down these trucking companies that ignore the laws.

[Valpal1]

Ours would love to, but we are in a sanctuary state and the county can’t afford the lawsuits.

[southernindymom]

I used to work in commercial trucking insurance...... the # of drivers who could not or barely speak English. I even had someone call for a quote for another trucker and interpret....
Chicago - Russian / Ukrania / Slavic we called them VIC people as their names all ended in VIC
Bowling Green - Bosnian

Then 70% had a 1/1/YY birthday. Found out that when they come here, they say they dont know their birthday, only year so govt gives them 1/1/yy birthday!

Texas was the worst with non-English speaking drivers. CA was second

[logi_cal869]

We should be rewarding Sheriff’s departments with a bounty for every illegal truck driver removed.

[metmom]

What state?

[Jordo]

Wyoming

[ridesthemiles]

WORKS FOR ME-—MAKE IT A HEALTHY ONE.

[Mean Daddy]

They should consider reopening weigh stations and checking qualifications. Most of the staff in my state have the ability of law enforcement to ticket, arrest etc.

[who knows what evil?]

Wyoming...one of the reddest of the red, and the favorite state of Candace Owens.

[metmom]

Thanks.......

[Lion Den Dan]

Cheyenne has long been an illegal immigration crossroad where I25 and I80 intersect. The coyotes lay over there and there is some redistriblution of cargo as well.