Posted on 08/22/2025 9:03:29 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Another sanctuary state policy with deadly consequences.
In this great country, the freedom to travel is a right – but does that right extend even to the illegal immigrants who, by federal law, aren’t supposed to be here at all? Even with President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, 19 states and the District of Columbia still hand out driver’s licenses to those who shouldn’t even be in the US – some of whom go on to commit violent crimes. That includes, ironically, vehicular manslaughter.
Illegal Immigrants ‘Legally” Behind the Wheel
On August 12, a truck driver – who was in the country illegally yet was still issued a driver’s license – made a U-turn (also illegally) and crashed into another vehicle, killing all 3 occupants. The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver of the commercial semi-truck recklessly and “without regard for the safety of others,” attempted to make a U-Turn in an unauthorized location. The driver, Harjinder Singh, entered the US illegally at the Mexico border in 2018. Even more shocking, the state of California issued him a commercial driver’s license.
In a statement from the office of Homeland Security, spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin wrote: “This state of governance is asinine. How many more innocent people must die before Gavin Newsom stops playing games with the safety of the American public? We pray for the victims and their families.”The Golden State’s governor tried to blame the Trump administration, posting on social media: “The federal government (YOU) already confirmed that this guy meets federal and state immigration requirements – YOU issued him a work permit.”
However, McLaughlin disputed that claim, saying Singh’s work authorization was rejected under the Trump administration on September 14, 2020. “It was later approved under the Biden Administration [on] June 9, 2021,” she posted on X. “The state of California issues...”
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And, I am sure getting car insurance is next up.
Do they have to pass a driver’s test or are they just granted a license?
Motor voter registration
And remember that, in some blue states, getting a drivers license is just a hop away from registering to vote...
Freedom to travel is a right – but does that right extend to illegals
who, by federal law, aren’t supposed to be here at all?
Even w/ Trump’s relentless immigration crackdown, 19 states and DC
still hand out driver’s licenses to those who shouldn’t even be in the US .............
..........some go on to commit violent crimes. including, ironically, vehicular manslaughter..........
Hello Oregon
<>Motor voter registration<>
IIRC, four GOP senators put motor voter over the top to bust a filibuster.
Illegal Immigrants ‘Legally” Behind the Wheel.
Undertakers wink business is great.
That’s because those States, like New York that have authorized the issuance of licenses to them, are still doing so. Those States need to have Federal funds withdrawn.
Story fails to mention so many that CANT READ ENGLISH
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