Jose Paxtor-Oxlaj, 45, a Guatemalan national, pleaded guilty to illegal reentry after deportation following a November 2023 vehicle crash near Elk City, Oklahoma, in which all six of his passengers — including five children — were killed. Paxtor-Oxlaj had been ordered removed and deported to Guatemala in 2010, and investigators determined he re-entered the United States in 2011 without authorization. U.S. District Judge Patrick R. Wyrick sentenced him to 24 months in federal prison to run consecutively to a four-year state prison sentence he received after being convicted on six counts of first-degree manslaughter in Beckham County District Court.

On June 11, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Behkam Bahadorani, a 65-year-old Iranian citizen, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bahadorani holds convictions for child sex abuse, lewd molestation, rape in the second degree, and lewd proposals to a minor, and has a final order of removal. He is currently in ICE custody pending deportation proceedings.

On April 24, 2025, DHS and ICE executed a court-authorized search warrant at an Oklahoma City property owned by Cidia Marleny Lima Lopez, described as a stash house for the "Lima Lopez Transnational Criminal Organization," a network that smuggled migrants from Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, and China through the U.S. interior for approximately $5,000 per person. The four-year investigation resulted in eight arrests, with charges including drug trafficking, fraud, money laundering, and illegal reentry. The 84-page affidavit supporting the warrant authorized the seizure of electronic devices and documents regardless of who was present at the property.

A Department of Justice letter from the Trump administration prompted Oklahoma officials to reconsider HB 4156, a state immigration law that had been blocked by a federal court in June 2024. The Trump DOJ cited the president's proclamation on the southern border as grounds for potential support of the law, which would authorize local police to arrest individuals based on immigration status. Oklahoma law enforcement agencies are now evaluating the practical and legal implications of enforcing the previously halted statute.

The Department of Homeland Security disputed media reports alleging ICE agents raided the wrong residence during an April 24, 2025 operation in Oklahoma City, stating the search targeted a property identified through months of surveillance as a hub for the Lima Lopez Transnational Criminal Organization. DHS said the warrant, authorized by a federal judge and supported by an 84-page probable cause affidavit, was aimed at seizing evidence — not specific individuals — from a location used for human and drug smuggling. The operation resulted in eight arrests tied to the multi-year investigation into a network that charged approximately $5,000 per migrant smuggled into the country.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the arrest of five Mexican nationals convicted of violent crimes, with three of the five holding convictions specifically related to sexual offenses against children. The arrests occurred in a single day across multiple cities including Houston, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New Orleans. ICE data cited in the release indicates approximately 425,000 undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions remain at large in the United States.