The state of Washington probes how the illegal immigrant obtained a commercial license

The Washington State License Department is investigating how an illegal immigrant obtained a commercial driving license while questions are looming after a fatal accident in Florida which killed three people last Tuesday.

The case has rekindled a debate on the gaps in state licenses and the application of immigration, which raises questions about how a non-city without legal status could have obtained a commercial driving license.

“The Ministry of Licenses Survey in 2023 of Mr. Singh’s previous commercial driving license in 2023.

The suspect, Harjinder Singh, entered illegally in the United States in 2018 on the southern border, but he was denied authorization to work by the first Trump administration in 2020. However, he was able to obtain a commercial driving license in California, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

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Harjinder Singh, an illegal stranger of 28 years from India, arrested on August 16, 2025, would have tried to take an unauthorized U round at FT. Pierce, Florida, resulted in an accident that killed three people. (US Marshals Service)

He also obtained a commercial driving license in July 2023 in the state of Washington, which is contrary to the law, according to the Ministry of Transport.

The driver would have turned around in an area of ​​the Florida turnpike where such a round is prohibited, crashing his truck with a mini-duties, killing three people. In addition, he failed an assessment of English skills and a road panel test carried out by federal investigators.

“During (the maintenance of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) with the driver, the investigators administered an assessment of skills in English (ELP) in accordance with FMCSA guidelines,” DOT said in a statement.

“The driver failed the evaluation, providing correct answers to only 2 of the 12 verbal questions and by identifying with precision 1 of the 4 road signal panels.”

The California Department of Motor Vehicles did not respond to requests for comments on the delivery of the license. However, the Press Office of the Democratic Governor of California Gavin Newsom has made an exchange on X with the assistant secretary of the DHS, Tricia McLaughlin, the details of the way he obtained a work permit.

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Harjinder Singh is escorted on an airplane by the Lieutenant-Governor of Florida Jay Collins and the police on Thursday August 21, 2025 in Stockton, California. (Benjamin Fanjoy / Photo)

“Hey, Engineering: The Federal Government (Admin Trump) has already confirmed that this type meets the requirements of federal and state immigration – you have issued it a work permit (EAD). As usual, the Trump administration is either a lie or distraught,” said Newsom press office earlier this week.

“False. Harjinder Singh is illegally in the United States and its work authorization was rejected under the Trump administration on September 14, 2020. It was then approved in the Biden administration on June 9, 2021. The State of California issues commercial driving licenses.

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Singh was extradited to California Florida on Thursday. There have been concerns in other states that illegal immigrants are also issued standard driving licenses, including the allegations of a Kentucky denunciator alleging that people would pay under the table to obtain licenses illegally.

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Tractor-trailer at the entrance to the Baltimore port in Baltimore on October 8, 2024. (Nathan Howard)

Lora Ries, director of the Border Security and Immigration Center of the Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday on how Singh’s case could occur in the first place.

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“Just as the states provide driver’s licenses, they also emit licenses of commercial driver (CDL). States are not supposed to issue CDLs to a person unless they are an American citizen or a legal permanent resident (holder of the green card). There seems to be a label for a state to make a CDL to someone who is simply authorized to work in the United States”. statement.

“Note that the Trump administration (45) denied Harjinder Singh’s work permit, but the Biden administration later granted its request.

Peter d’Abrosca de Fox News Digital contributed to this report.