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Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday stated, “efficient instantly,” he would pause the issuance of employee visas for industrial drivers after an unlawful immigrant truck driver allegedly brought about a crash that killed three folks in Florida.
In a put up on X, Rubio cited public security for the transfer.
“The rising variety of overseas drivers working giant tractor-trailer vans on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers,” he wrote.
BLUE STATE INVESTIGATES HOW ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCKER GOT LICENSE BEFORE DEADLY FLORIDA CRASH
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday stated he would pause the issuance of employee visas for industrial truck drivers after a crash involving Harjinder Singh, an unlawful immigrant accused of killing three folks in a Florida crash. (Getty Pictures)
Issues about overseas staff driving industrial vans started after Harjinder Singh, 28, who entered the U.S. illegally, was driving a industrial truck with a trailer on the Florida Turnpike in Fort Pierce when he allegedly tried a U-turn in an unauthorized space.
The flip resulted within the trailer jackknifing and colliding with a minivan, which left all three of the minivan’s passengers lifeless, authorities stated.
Additional scrutiny of Singh revealed he did not move English and street checks earlier than acquiring a industrial driver’s license.
EXPERT REVEALS HOW ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCKER MAY HAVE GOTTEN COMMERCIAL LICENSE BEFORE FATAL FLORIDA CRASH
Harjinder Singh, a 28-year-old unlawful immigrant from India who was arrested Aug. 16, allegedly tried to make an unauthorized U-turn in Fort Pierce, Fla., leading to a crash that killed three folks. (United States Marshals Service)
He was granted a full-term industrial driver’s license in Washington in July 2023 regardless of not being legally eligible. He was additionally given a limited-term industrial driver’s license in California in 2024.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and officers with the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) have been in a heated confrontation with the Trump administration over Singh.
This week, Newsom’s press workplace stated on X that Singh obtained a piece allow throughout President Donald Trump’s first time period.
Harjinder Singh is escorted onto an airplane by Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and regulation enforcement on Thursday in Stockton, Calif. (Benjamin Fanjoy/AP Photograph)
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Tricia McLaughlin, the DHS assistant secretary for public affairs, responded, saying Singh was denied in September 2020, underneath Trump, however was granted one in June 2021, underneath the Biden administration.
Singh has been extradited to Florida from California to face three counts of vehicular murder.
