The Biden administration’s immigration policies are under scrutiny following a tragic incident on a California highway that left two people dead. The driver involved, an Indian national who entered the U.S. illegally, was previously apprehended at the border but later released. This incident raises questions about enforcement and accountability.
On Tuesday, 24-year-old Manvir Singh was arrested after a catastrophic crash on Highway 99 northbound near Lodi, California. The California Highway Patrol reported that Singh’s semi-truck jackknifed, veered off the road, and struck a guardrail, sparking a collision with three other vehicles. Two individuals lost their lives, and Singh allegedly fled on foot before being captured.
Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin highlighted Singh’s immigration status, revealing that he entered the U.S. illegally near Arizona in 2023. Despite being apprehended, he was released under the Biden administration’s policy. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has filed an immigration detainer with local authorities.
Details of the incident were shared by Melugin on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter:
Singh now faces multiple charges, including vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, hit-and-run causing death or injury, and resisting arrest. His bail has been set at $185,000, and he is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday. Authorities have not yet disclosed the identities of the victims.
Following the incident, Melugin provided an update with a formal statement from the Department of Homeland Security regarding the crash:
BREAKING: DHS confirms to @FoxNews that the semi truck driver arrested for killing two people in a hit & run crash near Sacramento, CA yesterday is an Indian illegal alien who was caught & released at the AZ border by the Biden admin in 2023. His name is Manvir Singh, and he is now facing charges in San Joaquin County, CA for vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and hit & run resulting in death. He allegedly tried to flee the scene on foot after the crash. ICE has placed a detainer on him with local law enforcement.
This is the fourth Indian illegal alien truck driver with the last name ‘Singh’ that we’ve covered who has been arrested for killing innocent people in crashes around the country, going back to last year.
No details on his CDL yet, or if he even has one. More to come.
Singh is facing charges of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, hit-and-run resulting in death or injury, and resisting a police officer. His bail is set at $185,000, and he is expected to appear in court on Thursday. The victims have not yet been publicly identified.
Shortly after, Melugin posted a second update sharing DHS’s formal statement on the crash:
DHS statement to FOX:
“This criminal illegal alien from India should never have been behind the wheel of a semi-truck and allowed to kill two innocent people in a multi-vehicle crash in California,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “He is now charged with vehicular…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 21, 2026
“This criminal illegal alien from India should never have been behind the wheel of a semi-truck and allowed to kill two innocent people in a multi-vehicle crash in California,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. ‘He is now charged with vehicular manslaughter, hit and run resulting in death or injury, and resisting a police officer. This is yet another example of why illegal aliens should not be operating trucks on American highways. We need Congress to pass Dalilah’s Law to prohibit states from granting illegal aliens commercial driver’s licenses.”
The timing of this crash is impossible to ignore. It comes less than a week after the Supreme Court issued a unanimous 9-0 ruling in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II LLC that freight brokers can be held liable in state court when they negligently hire unsafe trucking companies. The decision, written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, rejected the trucking industry’s long-standing argument that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (FAAAA) shields brokers from such lawsuits.
“A claim that one company negligently hired another to transport goods is not preempted by the FAAAA because States retain authority to regulate safety ‘with respect to motor vehicles’ under the Act,” Barrett wrote.
The ruling “resolved a split among federal appeals courts” and is expected to significantly increase legal exposure for brokers who cut corners when vetting the carriers they hire.
The question of whether a broker knew, or should have known, about a carrier’s safety record and vetting practices will now be squarely before juries in state courts across the country. That could open the door to broader scrutiny of how drivers are hired and credentialed.
That convergence of issues, illegal immigrant drivers, lax CDL oversight, and now expanded broker liability, is fueling an intensifying debate about who bears responsibility when people die on American roads.
That debate had already been building. In December 2025, DHS spotlighted another case involving an illegal immigrant truck driver from India who allegedly caused a fatal crash in Oregon after receiving a commercial driver’s license in California.
“Rajinder Kumar, a criminal illegal alien from India, was released into our country under the Biden administration and issued a commercial driver’s license by Gavin Newsom’s Department of Motor Vehicles. How many more senseless tragedies must take place before sanctuary politicians stop allowing illegal aliens to dangerously operate semi-trucks on America’s roads? Our prayers are with William and Jennifer’s families. Under Secretary Noem, ICE will continue its efforts to get illegal alien truck drivers off America’s highways.”
DHS linked that Oregon crash to a string of other fatal trucking incidents involving illegal immigrant drivers from India, including collisions in Florida and California that left multiple people dead or critically injured.
Dalilah’s Law, named after a young California girl severely injured in a separate trucking crash, would prohibit states from issuing commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. DHS has repeatedly called on Congress to pass it. Given that Melugin is now reporting this as the fourth Indian illegal immigrant truck driver with the surname “Singh” to be arrested for killing people on American roads, the pressure on Capitol Hill is only going to grow.
Editor’s Note: Thanks to President Trump, illegal immigration into our great country has virtually stopped. Despite the radical left’s lies, new legislation wasn’t needed to secure our border, just a new president.
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