DeSantis Questions How Immigrant Trucker Tied to Homicides Got CDL

Gov. DeSantis highlights Highway Patrol cooperation with federal immigration enforcement

State troopers aren’t just running speed traps these days. Not in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Florida. DeSantis continues to focus state resources on “being part of the solution” on immigration enforcement, an issue that has garnered him renewed national prominence in the Donald Trump era. Speaking in Panama City, he and other officials highlighted a “first-of-its-kind” operation which saw the Florida Highway Patrol work with the U.S. Department of Homel…

DeSantis questions how immigrant trucker tied to homicides got CDL

An immigrant suspected of causing a fatal crash in Florida is in police custody after fleeing to California. Now, Florida's governor is asking how the driver got a commercial drivers license (CDL) in the first place. Harjinder Singh illegally crossed the U.S. southern border in 2018, according to the U.S. Marshals. Singh was able to obtain a CDL in California. The event brought increased scrutiny to the process of granting CDLs to international …

Fatal Florida Crash Fuels Immigration Fight Between DeSantis and ...

Fatal Florida crash fuels immigration fight between DeSantis and Newsom

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis dispatched his top deputy to California to oversee the handover of a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida.

Florida Lt. Gov. extradites undocumented immigrant accused in crash that killed 3

On Thursday, Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins took custody of Harjinder Singh, the driver accused of making an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike near Fort Pierce, triggering a collision that killed three South Florida residents.

Lieutenant governor escorts driver accused in deadly Florida crash, critics blast ‘political stunt’

Collins, however, argued the state had to send a message. In a phone interview before leaving California, he called for prosecutors to consider further penalties.