Florida Crash Sparks Immigration Debate After Illegal Immigrant Truck Driver Killed 3 | World News
A tragic accident that killed three people in Florida had a fiery debate on immigration laws and work permits in the United States.
Authorities confirmed that the truck driver accused of causing a fatal accident was illegal in the country and that the Biden administration was given work authority.
The driver, defined as Harjinder Singh, was arrested on Saturday in Stockton, California. According to the researchers, Singh used a commercial truck in Florida Turnpike in Fort Pierce when he tried to make U -transformation in an unauthorized area. The trailer was twisted and hit a minibus and killed three passengers inside.
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Internal security officials said Singh entered the United States for the first time on the southern border in 2018 as illegal. In 2020, under the Trump administration, the application for work was rejected. However, during the Biden administration in June 2021, Singh was later given work approval.
The case, California Gov. It led to a political war between Gavin Newsom and Federal authorities. Newsom’s office announced that the Trump administration has previously approved Singh’s work permit.
Vatan Security Assistant Secretary Ticia McLughlin quickly returned, stating that the claim was wrong. Singh’s application was rejected in 2020 and only the following year was approved by Biden.
McLughlin also stressed that the federal government has not issued commercial driver licenses (CDLs). Instead, it is the duty of every state to decide who can be entitled to a license. In this case, the Ministry of California motor vehicles (DMV) gave Singh a CDL despite its undocumented status.
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Internal Security Secretary Kristi Noem strongly criticized this decision of California. In a statement on social media, he said that if he followed the laws of immigration of states such as California, the tragedy could be prevented.
“Three innocent life disappeared because a commercial driver was given to an illegal aliens,” he wrote. “This should never be.”
In the meantime, Singh remains in custody and the authorities are investigating both the accident and immigration violations. The names of the victims have not yet been released, but the authorities said that they were all traveling together at the minivan.
This has ruled national controversy on migration, work permits in the United States and the driver’s license issued by the state for unpredictable immigrants.
