Posted on 12/11/2025 2:32:10 PM PST by DFG
Washington state authorities released an illegal alien truck driver accused of causing a six-vehicle crash involving a school bus after declining to honor a federal immigration detainer, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The crash occurred on December 4 in Lacey, Washington, and resulted in three people being hospitalized. No children were aboard the school bus at the time, authorities said.
DHS identified the driver as Juan Hernandez-Santos, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, who federal officials say has multiple prior DUI arrests and was previously deported from the United States twice.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer requesting that local authorities hold Hernandez-Santos for federal custody, but the request was not honored due to sanctuary policies, DHS said.
According to DHS, Hernandez-Santos was operating an 18-wheeler without a valid commercial driver’s license when the truck struck another vehicle, triggering the multi-car collision.
“This dangerous illegal alien has a criminal history including multiple DUIs, possessing a controlled substance, and two prior removals from the U.S.,” said Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin in a DHS news release. “He was a walking public safety threat and illegally was driving a massive 18-wheeler when he caused a six-car pile-up involving a school bus on the highway in Washington.”
“Thankfully, no children were in the bus,” McLaughlin added. “This story could have had a very different tragic ending. The sanctuary politicians in Washington failed once again to protect American citizens by refusing to honor our ICE arrest detainer.”
Federal immigration records show U.S. Border Patrol first removed Hernandez-Santos to Mexico in February 2005. He later reentered the United States illegally and was removed again in June 2006. DHS said he subsequently reentered the country a third time at an unknown date and location.
DHS also outlined a criminal history spanning more than a decade. In May 2008, Hernandez-Santos was arrested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office for driving without a license. One month later, he was arrested in California for driving under the influence and a hit-and-run involving property damage.
In November 2018, he was charged with possession of a controlled substance. The Los Angeles Police Department arrested him again for DUI in February 2020, DHS said.
Federal officials cited the Washington crash as part of what they described as a broader public safety concern involving illegal aliens operating commercial vehicles without proper licensing or legal status.
DHS pointed to recent enforcement actions as evidence of what officials describe as a broader public safety issue. In an October 30 announcement, Secretary Kristi Noem said a 287(g) enforcement effort known as Operation Midway Blitz resulted in the arrest of 223 illegal aliens along Indiana highways near the Illinois state line, including 146 truck drivers.
According to DHS, criminal activity associated with those arrested included driving under the influence, drug trafficking, theft, burglary, assault, and domestic battery. DHS also said more than 40 of the drivers possessed commercial driver’s licenses, most commonly issued by Illinois, California, and New York.
“Far too many innocent Americans have been killed by illegal aliens driving semi-trucks and big rigs,” Noem said. “And yet, sanctuary states around the country have been issuing illegal aliens commercial driver’s licenses.”
In separate cases cited by DHS, ICE arrested Akhror Bozorov, an illegal alien from Uzbekistan wanted in his home country for alleged ties to a terrorist organization, while he was working as a commercial truck driver in Kansas. In August, ICE lodged a detainer against Harjinder Singh, who was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide while driving a semi-truck in Florida.
DHS said victims of crimes involving illegal aliens may seek assistance through the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office, which can be reached at 1-855-488-6423.
Lawsuit, big one.
ELECTION - BIG ONE !!!
Win the next election and the problem gets resolved !!!
Screw that. Make him disappear.
We don’t need no stinkin immigration laws sez Washington state no matter the cost to our citizens.
There has to be a basis for federal charges to these state actors
Hell the blue states are already looking for ways to charge the feds with state charges.
Go back at them, with Federal charges!
A lawsuit? LOL
All that does is steal more money from the taxpayer. The elected officials responsible should be arrested and serve a long stretch in prison.
I'm so old I remember when that alone would get feminists up in arms. Now they'll shout to protect him because he's an illegal.
You would think, but it’s basically impossible to sue governments and government actors for doing such things.
A good federal law would be:
“A state, any subdivision of a state, and all persons who assisted in such state action, individually (each a “State Actor”) shall be, jointly and severally, strictly liable for all damages incurred by all persons injured or killed by a person unlawfully in the USA against whom a detainer request was issued (an “Illegal Alien”) to such State Actor by any branch of the federal government and the State Actor or State Actors refused or failed to honor the detainer request and the Illegal Alien committed a crime, tort, or other violation of law that was a producing cause of the damages.
That would require a functioning DoJ. We have a bimbo in a pants suit.
But she cute.
I don't know why the Feds keep regurgitating this kind of crap. Nothing is going to happen to this criminal slob. Illegal alien criminals are the Dipstick Court goons in black robes favorite people.
systematically cut these truck owners off from insurance. See what happens then. No tolerance, catch them and cut them off.
I doubt the blue sanctuary idiot states will ever tire of their self created mess.
In a strip mall bar cougar sort of way.
OK, so how about we make this guy the Judge’s driver?
“...We have a bimbo in a pants suit....”
That too...but more on th e line of a Jeff Sessions in heels... Spit.
They are complicit. Try them and jail them.
Ah, yes. Illegals killing people Americans won’t.
Refusing an ICE detainer order should be made a felony punishable by a 10-year prison term. And if the Republicans were assuming their responsibility to protect the people they represent, that law would have been enacted years ago.
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