Illegal alien kills 8-year-old in car crash after sanctuary state issues permit

FIRST ON FOX: An illegal alien released into the country by the Obama administration, carrying a driver’s license issued by a sanctuary state and ultimately ordered deported, was arrested earlier this month for killing an 8-year-old girl in a fatal car crash in Boise, Idaho.

Elvin Elgardo Ramos-Caballero was legally driving a pickup truck with a driver’s license granted to him by the state of Oregon, attempting to turn right at an intersection in Boise on Tuesday, November 11. As he attempted to make the turn, 8-year-old Mora Gerety also attempted to cross the street. The two men eventually collided, killing Gerety, an 8-year-old girl.

At the time of the incident, Ramos-Caballero was the subject of an outstanding federal warrant with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for failing to appear for an immigration hearing, which ultimately resulted in a judge ordering him removed from the country in absentia in May 2019.

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Elvin Elgardo Ramos-Caballero obtained an Oregon state driver’s license before this month’s fatal crash that killed 8-year-old Mora Gerety. (Department of Homeland Security/Getty Images)

“The precious life of 8-year-old Mora Gerety was taken by an illegal alien who should never have entered our country, let alone issued her a driver’s license by the sanctuary state of Oregon,” said Deputy Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Classmates, teachers, friends and our nation will carry this loss forever. We ask all Americans to lift this family up in prayer and we ask God to grant them the courage to face the most difficult days a family can endure. Decades of open border policies have turned every community into a border town. These policies have deadly consequences.”

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., this week called for a federal crackdown on sanctuary state policies that allow illegal immigrants to obtain commercial driver’s licenses during an interview with Fox News Digital.

Donalds’ call came after a joint operation by ICE and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrested 70 illegal immigrants, including 34 accused of driving large trucks while in the United States illegally.

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A tragic incident earlier this summer left three people dead after an illegal immigrant who had obtained his Washington State Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), obtained after failing his CDL 10 times in just two months, made an illegal U-turn on the Florida Highway.

Body camera footage from the scene after the incident showed the driver had limited English proficiency, even though the Washington state company that trained the illegal immigrant driver for his CDL certified that he could speak English.

Donalds said the Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigation and incidents like what happened in Florida highlight a growing national security risk.

“There are the American people, they are doing the right thing, and now they are at risk of losing their lives or being involved in a car accident with a CDL driver who doesn’t know how to read our signs, who doesn’t know our laws,” he said.

Harjinder Singh, a commercial truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people on the Florida Turnpike, appeared in court virtually on Thursday, November 13, 2025. (Saint Lucia Courthouse, Florida)

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“That’s one of the reasons I sponsored the WEIGH Act here in Washington,” Donalds said. “This would actually give broader authority to the Department of Transportation, not only to hold other states accountable that allow these CDL licenses to be issued, but would also give the Treasury Department the ability to withhold federal funds in the process.”

Fox News’ Stepheny Price, Bill Melugin and Greg Wehner contributed to this report.