California’s Non-Compliance Led To Fatal Crash Involving Illegal Migrant Trucker, DOT Says

California’s non-compliance with federal directives paved the way for an illegal migrant truck driver to remain on American roads and allegedly kill three people in a horrific highway accident in the state, according to the Department of Transportation (DOT).

Jashanpreet Singh, a 21-year-old Indian national living unlawfully in the U.S., was not only able to keep his Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), but was even able to upgrade it just days before allegedly getting behind the wheel of a big rig truck and causing a multi-vehicle accident, according to a breaking DOT investigation. The new  details emerge as the Trump administration attempts to crack down illegal migrant truckers across the country.

The DOT says California ignored emergency directives from the DOT to revoke non-domiciled CDLs from illegal migrants such as Singh.

“My prayers are with the families of the victims of this tragedy,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement shared with the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation. “It would have never happened if Gavin Newsom had followed our new rules.”

“California broke the law and now three people are dead and two are hospitalized. These people deserve justice,” Duffy continued. “There will be consequences.”

Singh, a 20-year-old at the time, obtained a non-domiciled CDL on June 27, according to the DOT report. The license included a “K restriction” which limited him to in-state operation only.

In response to a growing number of serious vehicle accidents involving illegal migrant truckers, Duffy issued a large-scale crackdown