In the heart of America’s vast highway system, where families travel to build memories and workers haul the goods that sustain our nation, tragedy struck with devastating force on a stretch of California’s I-10 Freeway. A 21-year-old illegal alien from India, Jashanpreet Singh, plowed his massive semi-truck into slow-moving traffic, killing at least three innocent people and injuring several others.
Dashcam footage captured the horrifying moment: no brakes applied, just a relentless surge into the jam, as if lives meant nothing in the face of reckless abandon. Toxicology reports later confirmed what witnesses suspected—Singh was impaired, leading to his arrest on charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. This preventable catastrophe was born from failed policies that prioritize open borders over the safety of American citizens.
Singh’s story begins not on the roads of California, but at our southern border in March 2022. Encountered by Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector, he was an unlawful entrant, one of millions who crossed under the watchful neglect of the Biden regime. Instead of detention or deportation, he was released into the interior of the United States under their so-called “alternatives to detention” program, left to roam free while awaiting an immigration hearing that, for too many, never truly holds them accountable.
Fast-forward to this week, and that decision has blood on its hands. Singh, now behind the wheel of a commercial rig, turned a routine drive into a scene of carnage in San Bernardino County. Immigration and Customs Enforcement swiftly lodged a detainer against him after his arrest, confirming his lack of lawful status—a stark reminder that our laws are only as strong as those willing to enforce them.
What makes this even more infuriating is how Singh ended up with a commercial driver’s license (CDL) in the first place. California, under its progressive governance, has long flouted federal standards requiring English proficiency for truck drivers. Singh’s case echoes that of Harjinder Singh—no relation—an illegal immigrant who crossed in 2018, secured a CDL in the Golden State despite failing English and road sign tests, and then caused a fatal crash in Florida last August, claiming three lives.
These incidents are symptoms of a deeper rot. How many more families must be shattered before we demand that those piloting 80,000-pound vehicles on our interstates can at least read the signs warning of danger ahead or communicate with law enforcement in a crisis? Or that they are American citizens?