Since Monday morning, Fox & Friends has been keeping viewers updated on a tragic story which illustrates that sanctuary states are a danger not just to their own residents but to the entire country. The show covered an illegal alien who killed three with his tractor trailer in Florida after receiving a commercial drivers license from both California and Washington state.
Fox hosts not only informed viewers that Governor Gavin Newsom’s attempt to blame President Donald Trump backfired, but also that the Transportation Department found in its investigation that the driver, Harjinder Singh, was unable to pass a driving test in spite of having a license from two states.
On Wednesday morning, the show related:
AINSLEY EARHARDT: The Trump administration now investigating a deadly Florida crash allegedly caused by an illegal migrant truck driver.
BRIAN KILMEADE: And officials say the suspect couldn’t read English or understand road signs despite getting a commercial driver’s license from two sanctuary states.
Reporter Lucas Tomlinson read from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s preliminary findings:
“Washington state improperly issued the driver a full-term commercial drivers license. Asylum seekers or illegal aliens are not allowed to receive this. New Mexico failed to conduct an English language proficiency test when they pulled the driver over for speeding. Had they done this, the driver would not have been on the road.”
Tomlinson recalled that Singh had made an illegal U-turn in the middle of a Florida highway, leading to a minivan crashing into the truck, leaving the three occupants dead.
On Tuesday morning, Fox hosts informed viewers that Governor Newsom had the audacity to blame President Trump for the accident even though it was the Joe Biden administration that granted Singh a work permit after the Trump administration rejected his application.
Fill-in co-host Charles Hurt read from Governor Newsom’s statement trolling the President:
But, of course, that didn’t stop Governor Gavin Newsom from deciding to continue his trying to cosplay as Donald Trump by getting on Twitter and talking a big game — talking smack, saying “Hey, genius,” talking to the Trump administration, “the federal government (TRUMP ADMIN) already confirmed that this guy meets federal and state immigration requirements. You issued him a work permit. As usual, the Trump administration is either lying or clueless. PS @grok, who was President in 2018?”
Hurt soon read a statement released by Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin which put the California Democrat in his place:
Tricia McLaughlin — DHS assistant secretary — responds and absolutely destroys him. saying: “False. Harjinder Singh” — who is the driver of the truck that did the illegal U-turn who is an illegal and should not have had a license — “is in the United States illegally, and his work authorization was rejected under the Trump Administration on September 14, 2020. It was later approved under the Biden Administration June 9, 2021. The state of California issues commercial drivers licenses. There is no national CDL. Sincerely, Genius.”
Transcripts follow:
Fox & Friends
August 19, 2025
6:16 a.m. Eastern
LAWRENCE JONES: Meanwhile, what’s happening with these illegals — the story from Florida — they shouldn’t have ever had a CDL license, but they got one in California. We brought you the story yesterday, and it looks like they were able to — it was denied — the work permit was denied by the Trump administration, but the Biden administration granted him that work visa.
CHARLES HURT: But, of course, that didn’t stop Governor Gavin Newsom from deciding to continue his trying to cosplay as Donald Trump by getting on Twitter and talking a big game — talking smack, saying “Hey, genius,” talking to the Trump administration, “the federal government (TRUMP ADMIN) already confirmed that this guy meets federal and state immigration requirements. You issued him a work permit. As usual, the Trump administration is either lying or clueless. PS @grok, who was President in 2018?”
So this was all part of Gavin Newsom trying to pretend like he’s a tough guy like Donald Trump because he doesn’t have enough to do in his own state like rebuilding neighborhoods that were burned to the ground by the wildfires. Tricia McLaughlin — DHS assistant secretary — responds and absolutely destroys him. saying: “False. Harjinder Singh” — who is the driver of the truck that did the illegal U-turn who is an illegal and should not have had a license — “is in the United States illegally, and his work authorization was rejected under the Trump Administration on September 14, 2020. It was later approved under the Biden Administration June 9, 2021. The state of California issues commercial drivers licenses. There is no national CDL. Sincerely, Genius.”
So she came bringing the receipts and dropped a ton of bricks on Gavin Newsom’s head.
AINSLEY EARHARDT: I love that she knows the exact dates — September 14 — you know, that’s when Donald Trump denied it. This is all because Gavin Newsom was getting criticized because there’s that car accident on the Florida turnpike where this guy — this illegal immigrant is doing the U-turn — barely even has an expression after he realizes the minivan doesn’t have time to stop and slams underneath his truck. Look at that — three people died in that — killed three people, and he has barely an expression when he’s caught on his dash camera.
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Fox & Friends
August 20, 2025
6:02 a.m. Eastern
AINSLEY EARHARDT: The Trump administration now investigating a deadly Florida crash allegedly caused by an illegal migrant truck driver.
BRIAN KILMEADE: And officials say the suspect couldn’t read English or understand road signs despite getting a commercial driver’s license from two sanctuary states.
LAWRENCE JONES: Lucas Tomlinson is live in Washington with details. Good morning, Lucas.
LUCAS TOMLINSON: Good morning, Lawrence. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has launched a new investigation into this deadly Florida highway crash involving an illegal alien. Preliminary reports state that if states had followed the rules, the driver would have never been behind the wheel. It also says the driver responsible for that fatal crash that killed three people, quote, “The driver failed the assessment, providing correct responses to just two of 12 verbal questions and only accurately identifying one of four highway traffic signs.”
Here’s more from Secretary (Sean) Duffy X posting. Here’s what we know: “Washington state improperly issued the driver a full-term commercial drivers license. Asylum seekers or illegal aliens are not allowed to receive this. New Mexico failed to conduct an English language proficiency test when they pulled the driver over for speeding. Had they done this, the driver would not have been on the road.”
They’re also looking into California’s issuance of a commercial drivers license. “The failures here are despicable,” and “Non-enforcement and radical immigration policies have turned the trucking industry into a lawless frontier, resulting in unqualified foreign drivers improperly acquiring licenses to operate 40-ton vehicles. (The President) and I moved quickly to require drivers to speak English — our national language — and launch a full-scale audit of how these licenses are doled out.”
Now, here’s more about the driver. Harjinger Singh is accused of killing three people in a minivan in Florida after — you showed the video — for attempting an illegal U-turn through a highway last week in Fort Pierce, marked “official use only,” with his massive truck — tractor trailer — blocking the highway of a four-lane highway.
