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Illegal Involved in Fatal Crash Crossed Biden’s Open Border

Illegal Involved in Fatal Crash Crossed Biden’s Open Border

The Biden administration caught him at the border, released him into the United States, and moved on. Now two people are dead on a California highway, and federal officials say the man accused of causing the crash was an illegal immigrant from India who never should have been driving a semi-truck in the first place.

Authorities arrested 24-year-old Manvir Singh after a deadly multi-vehicle collision Tuesday afternoon on Highway 99 near Lodi, California. According to the California Highway Patrol, Singh was behind the wheel of a big rig that jackknifed, veered off the roadway, and crashed into a guardrail before triggering a chain-reaction collision involving several vehicles.

Two people were killed.


Investigators say Singh allegedly fled the scene on foot before officers tracked him down and took him into custody. He now faces charges including vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, hit-and-run resulting in death or injury, and resisting arrest.

Then came the immigration revelation.

Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin reported Wednesday that DHS confirmed Singh is an Indian national who crossed the southern border illegally near Arizona in 2023 and was apprehended by Border Patrol before being released into the country under Biden administration policies. ICE has since lodged an immigration detainer against him.

“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,” Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement released by DHS.

The agency also renewed calls for Congress to pass “Dalilah’s Law,” legislation that would prohibit states from issuing commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.

That issue is becoming increasingly explosive because this is not an isolated case.

According to Melugin, Singh is now the fourth illegal immigrant truck driver from India with the surname “Singh” arrested in connection with fatal crashes across the country since last year. DHS has previously highlighted deadly trucking incidents in Oregon, Florida, and California involving illegal immigrant drivers who allegedly obtained commercial driving credentials despite lacking legal immigration status.

One Oregon case drew national attention after DHS accused California officials of issuing a commercial driver’s license to an illegal immigrant who later became involved in a fatal crash.


The growing controversy is now colliding with another major legal development inside the trucking industry.

Last week, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous 9-0 ruling in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II LLC, holding that freight brokers can be sued in state court for negligently hiring unsafe trucking companies. Writing for the Court, Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected arguments that federal transportation law shielded brokers from liability when dangerous carriers were put on the road.

“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.

That ruling is expected to dramatically increase scrutiny on how trucking companies and brokers vet drivers, safety histories, licensing records, and immigration status.

Written by Mark Stevens - May 22, 2026