BOSTON -- An illegal alien from Mexico was arrested in Boxborough on his sixth offense of operating under the influence of alcohol Saturday.

Police said Eduardo Torres, 48, of Marlboro, was first pulled over Saturday morning for an expired inspection sticker. Officers then discovered an open beer bottle of beer.

Torres Walk Into Court

"The operator smelled of alcohol, displayed some signs and symptoms he'd been drinking,” said Boxborough police Sgt. Warren O'Brien. “He also found an open beer bottle on the passenger side of the vehicle.”

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Police also said Torres had no identification on him.

"He gave a name to the officer which was a false name," O’Brien said.

When Torres failed a sobriety test, he was arrested. Police then ran Torres’ fingerprints and discovered he was wanted by the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Torres had three prior convictions for operating under the influence of liquor in California and two prior convictions in Massachusetts, police said.

A series of crimes involving illegal immigrants has three Massachusetts sheriffs banning together to toughen up immigration laws.

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph D. McDonald Jr. and Worcester County Sheriff Lewis Evangelidis want their own version of the Secure Communities program.

Secure Communities is a program that requires police to run a suspects’ fingerprints through a database to see if they are a legal U.S. citizen. The program also requires agencies to share the information with immigration authorities.

The sheriffs said crashes like one in Milford last month, where an undocumented man -- who they said was allegedly driving drunk -- hit and killed a 23-year old, proves the need.

Police said the suspect had a criminal record before the crash but his status was never addressed.

The sheriffs said they are looking for ways to remedy this type of issue and have gone to Washington, D.C., to meet with federal officials.

Because Gov. Deval Patrick will not institute Secure Communities, the sheriff's said there is a need for them to do so.

"It's important for us to have whatever information they have in their files as quickly as possible to deal with these individuals so there's not someone who potentially gets released goes back out and now we're trying to track them down again without any real trail,” Hodgson said.

"The only thing these sheriffs are doing are grabbing headlines," Patrick said. "They're entitled to do that. They did not join the Secure Communities program because there is no Secure Communities program. God bless them."

Hodgson said he and the other sheriffs would continue their mission, despite Patrick’s stance on the issue.

“I think it’s unfortunate that the governor doesn’t recognize that this is a serious public safety issue and that in fact we are doing what we are obligated to do by the oath that we took -- which is the same oath he took -- which is to uphold the laws of the Commonwealth and the United States Constitution,” Hodgson said.