Sheriff Deputies-Federal Agents Arrest 28 Illegal Immigrants During Traffic Stops
By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
June 4, 2025
MOBILE Ala. A combination of local and federal law enforcement is making traffic stops and conducting raids throughout Mobile County according to the sheriff’s office.
On Tuesday, the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were given orders by the government to arrest 28 people who are allegedly in the country illegally.
Law enforcement had information that the group was traveling in several vans and had entered Mobile County.
Authorities were able to track the vans as they were traveling on Dauphin Island Parkway and police pulled the vans over for traffic violations, according to a release from Mobile County Sheriff’s Office.
Twenty-eight people were found to have entered the country illegally and were taken into custody.
The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office stated previously and again yesterday that their agency continues to work daily with their Federal Partners to protect the community by faithfully executing the immigration laws of the United States.
Those arrested are currently being processed by Homeland Security in their holding facility, according to the release.
This process involves detention, potentially followed by an immigration court hearing, and could result in deportation if they are found to be in the United States illegally, it adds.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids have been occurring more and more in the state as part of President Donald Trump’s promise to enact the biggest deportation effort in American history.
At least nine 287(g) program agreements with sheriff’s offices are active in six Alabama counties, with three more pending — two with county sheriff’s departments and one with a local police department.
These agreements deputize local officers to enforce federal immigration laws.
Although Mobile County does not currently have one of these agreements in place, Sheriff Paul Burch previously said that his office will help Immigration and Customs Enforcement, “in any way we can.”
The Mobile Police Department has not recently presented information on their involvement in enforcing immigration laws.
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