Three innocent Americans are dead because our broken immigration system failed them. On August 12, a semi-truck driver named Harjinder Singh made an illegal U-turn on Florida’s Turnpike. His reckless move killed a 30-year-old man, a 37-year-old woman, and a 54-year-old man who were just trying to get home safely.
Here’s the kicker that will make your blood boil. Singh entered our country illegally in 2018 by sneaking across the Mexico border. Despite being here illegally, he somehow got a commercial driver’s license in California. How does an illegal immigrant get permission to drive an 80,000-pound death machine on American roads?
The victims were real Americans with real families. The driver was from Florida City, one passenger from Pompano Beach, and another from Miami. These were our neighbors, our fellow citizens, who paid the ultimate price for our government’s failure to secure the border and enforce our laws.
Singh didn’t even stick around to face justice like a man. The coward fled to California right after the crash. Now Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins has to fly across the country to personally ensure this killer gets brought back to face charges.
This tragedy exposes everything wrong with our immigration system. We have people pouring across our border illegally, then getting official documents like they belong here. Meanwhile, law-abiding Americans pay with their lives when these unvetted criminals cause mayhem on our highways.
The American Trucking Association is asking the right questions. How did California give this illegal immigrant a commercial license? What kind of training did he receive? The Trump Administration started auditing these licenses, but clearly more needs to be done to protect American families.
Three families are now planning funerals instead of family dinners. Their loved ones died because politicians care more about being politically correct than keeping Americans safe. This blood is on the hands of every official who refuses to enforce our immigration laws.
Every day we delay real border security, more Americans will die. This wasn’t an accident – it was the predictable result of a system that puts illegal immigrants ahead of American citizens. When will our leaders finally put America first?