The effort could reduce the amount of money needed to house illegal immigrants in prison by more than $1 million per month if all inmates are given over to ICE.
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announced the launch of Operation Guardian, an initiative to transfer undocumented immigrants from state prisons into federal custody for deportation.
According to the newly released Operation Guardian plan, about 525 individuals are to be removed from local or state lockups and immediately transferred to federal custody for eventual deportation.