Two young men are dead and five other people were hospitalized after a semi-truck driver allegedly plowed into traffic on Highway 99 near Lodi, California.

The driver, Manvir Singh, has been arrested and booked on charges tied to the deadly crash.

Now DHS has confirmed the detail that turns this from a local tragedy into a national immigration scandal: Singh is an illegal alien from India who was caught and released at the Arizona border by the Biden administration in 2023.

As Fox News reported, DHS says Singh is now facing multiple charges after the crash, and ICE has lodged a detainer request.

Federal officials identified Singh as an illegal immigrant from India who entered the United States illegally through Arizona in 2023 and was later released by the Biden administration. DHS said Singh faces charges including vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, hit-and-run resulting in death or injury, and resisting or obstructing a police officer.

ADVERTISEMENT

ICE has also lodged a detainer request with California authorities, asking them to hold Singh for transfer into federal custody. DHS told Fox that the case reflects a dangerous public-safety failure when illegal aliens are allowed to operate heavy commercial vehicles on American highways.

DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said Singh should never have been behind the wheel of a semi-truck and allowed to kill two innocent people in California. She also called for Congress to pass Dalilah’s Law, a proposal aimed at stopping states from granting commercial driver’s licenses to illegal aliens.

DHS told Fox this is part of a broader public-safety problem involving illegal alien commercial drivers on American roads. Federal officials also noted that Singh’s case follows other fatal crashes involving illegal alien truck drivers from India.

The crash itself was horrific.

CBS Sacramento reported that the wreck happened on northbound Highway 99 south of Harney Lane shortly before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

CBS Sacramento reported that three vehicles, a Toyota Camry, Nissan Frontier, and Kia Forte, were slowing down to come to a complete stop in the far-right lane. A Freightliner Cascadia was traveling behind them, and CHP said Singh allegedly failed to stop before crashing into the rear of the Kia.

That impact triggered a chain reaction, sending the Kia into the Frontier and the Frontier into the Camry. The crash happened on northbound Highway 99, south of Harney Lane, shortly before 12:30 p.m.

Two males in the Kia, ages 16 and 20, died in the crash. Five other people were taken to the hospital, including two with major injuries.

CHP said Singh took off running from the scene after the crash, but he was taken into custody nearby and booked into jail. Investigators said DUI involvement was not yet known and the investigation remained ongoing.

ADVERTISEMENT

That is what “caught and released” looks like when the talking point becomes wreckage on an American highway.

It does not stay at the border.

It moves into the country, onto the roads, and into families who had no idea their lives were about to be shattered.

The Gateway Pundit noted that Bill Melugin reported this is now the fourth Indian illegal alien truck driver with the last name Singh he has covered in connection with fatal crashes since last year.

Gateway Pundit framed the case as another deadly crash tied to an illegal alien truck driver and highlighted Melugin’s DHS confirmation that Singh was caught and released at the border under Biden. The report also pointed to prior fatal crashes involving illegal alien semi-truck drivers from India, including cases in Washington, Oregon, California, and Florida.

The common thread was not a paperwork technicality; it was the failure of immigration enforcement and commercial-driver safeguards to keep dangerous drivers off American roads. The article also emphasized that no CDL details were available yet for Singh, leaving a major public-safety question unanswered.

The report also embedded Senator Jim Banks’s response, tying the Lodi crash to his push for Dalilah’s Law. Banks said too many innocent lives have been lost because of illegal aliens on American roads and argued that Congress needs to stop states from allowing illegal aliens to obtain commercial driver’s licenses.

Banks is right.

Congress has a bill. DHS is warning about the danger.

Families are already paying the price.

ADVERTISEMENT

There is no excuse for letting illegal aliens operate 80,000-pound commercial trucks on American highways.

The border crisis does not stay at the border.

It shows up in lanes, on highways, and in families getting the worst knock on the door because someone who never should have been here was allowed behind the wheel.

 

Join The Conversation. Leave a Comment.