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I’m an American Trucker. Illegal Migrants Are Flooding My Industry.

Trucking companies are hiring barely-vetted migrants happy to work long hours for low pay, many of whom don’t speak english or understand our driving culture — and they’re wreaking havoc on the roads.

On October 21, a commercial truck collided with an SUV along Interstate 10 a few miles east of Los Angeles. The dashcam footage instantly went viral: we witness the final moments of husband and wife Clarence and Lisa Nelson as their vehicle, stopped in traffic, is vaporized by the truck. Its driver? A 21-year-old illegal immigrant from India, Jashanpreet Singh, who didn’t stop or even attempt to slow down before impact.

In August, Harjinder Singh, an Indian migrant who entered America illegally in 2018 and was (again, illegally) issued a commercial driver’s license by both Washington and California, attempted to execute an illegal U-turn with a semi across the Florida turnpike. Failing to check before making the turn, Mr. Singh pulled his truck right in front of a minivan doing 70pmh that had no chance to slow down or stop. The impact instantly killed all three people in the minivan. An image of Singh standing next to his truck, showing what many saw as no remorse, went viral along with dashcam footage and a video of Singh struggling to speak English to police.

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