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DeSantis questions how immigrant trucker tied to homicides got CDL
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Aug 22, 2025
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is questioning how a man who entered the U.S. illegally and was involved in a deadly truck crash obtained a CDL.
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Florida's newly sworn in Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins is in California to help extradite an immigrant who entered the country illegally, facing three counts of vehicular homicide
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Harjinder Singh illegally crossed the U.S. southern border in 2018, according to the U.S. Marshals, and obtained his commercial driver's license in California after getting work authorization from the Biden administration
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The ordeal has brought increased scrutiny on how foreign nationals are able to get the licenses in certain states
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Singh allegedly made an illegal U-turn in a commercial truck on a Florida highway in St. Lucie, Florida on August 12th
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Video shows a minivan crashing into the side of the truck at a high rate of speed, causing all three passengers to lose their lives
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Singh fled to California and was detained by U.S. Marshals on August 16th
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He's facing three charges of vehicular homicide in Florida. DeSantis appeared on Fox News Monday night
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Where was the role of the company in all of this? I don't think this guy spoke English
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He clearly didn't know what he was doing behind the wheel. And yes, you shouldn't be giving illegals driver's license
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We don't allow that in Florida. California does. So how did Singh get his commercial driver's license in California if he entered the country illegally
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In California, a person has to prove that they're in the country legally in order to obtain their CDL
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All applicants for an original, renewal, upgrade, or transfer of their CLP-CDL must submit proof of legal presence in the U.S. as authorized under federal law
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The California Commercial Driver Handbook states the White House blames California Governor Gavin Newsom for California DMV issuing Singh a CDL Newsom press office responded to the White House on X writing
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hey genius, the federal government, you, already confirmed that this guy meets federal and state
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immigration requirements, including that you issued him a work permit. As usual, the Trump
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administration is either lying or clueless. P.S., at Grock, who was president in 2018
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Singh entered the country illegally in 2018 under Trump's first administration. In 2020, while Trump was still in office, the federal government denied Singh's work authorization
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Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security
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said that the Biden administration granted Singh work authorization in 2021. Singh then received his CDL in 2023
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DeSantis sent Collins to pick up Singh so he can be extradited to the Sunshine State and criminally prosecuted
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I'm en route to California right now to ensure this individual is extradited back to Florida
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Stay tuned, Collins wrote in a post on X. DeSantis said Singh will be criminally prosecuted in Florida and then deported
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He said ultimately this case needs to go beyond criminal prosecution and Congress needs to make changes
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Ultimately, I think you're going to need the Congress to use the power of the purse and defund states like California that are sanctuary states and they're similar cities
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Because we're trying to do the right thing, and yet we have to bear the costs from their misguided policies
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It's unclear when Singh is due in court. For Straight Arrow News, I'm Lauren Keenan
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