California Revokes Migrant Truck Drivers' Licenses
Deadly crash in California renews federal criticism of immigrant truck drivers : A 21-year-old semitruck driver accused of being under the influence of drugs and causing a fiery crash that killed three people on a southern California freeway is in the country illegally, U.S. Homeland Security officials said Thursday. Jashanpreet Singh was arrested and jailed after Tuesday’s eight-vehicle crash in Ontario, California, that also left four people injured. . . . Singh, of Yuba City, California, is from India and entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 across the southern border, Homeland Security said Thursday in a post on X. After several well-publicized fatal accidents involving illegal migrants, Trasportation Secretary Duffy began criticizing California's lax standards for issuing commercial drivers' licenses. According to Newsweek , Thousands of California driver’s licenses face “decertification” unless the state meets certain federal requirements, the Department...