Two illegal alien truck drivers accused of smuggling cocaine got driver’s licenses in sanctuary California
Two illegal migrant truck drivers accused of hauling millions in cocaine across the country had obtained their commercial driver’s licenses in California.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged detainer requests for 25-year-old Gurpreet Singh and 30-year-old Jasper Singh, both of whom are Indian nationals living unlawfully in the U.S., according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Indiana State Police arrested the two men after they were allegedly caught hiding over 300 pounds of cocaine inside a semi-truck in Putnam County on Saturday.
The Trump administration, which has increasingly sparred with California officials over the growing crisis of illegal migrants in the U.S. trucking industry, placed blame on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom over the latest incident.
“Thanks to Gavin Newsom’s reckless policies, these two criminal illegal aliens were granted commercial licenses by the state of California and were arrested for trafficking a whopping 300 pounds of cocaine inside a semi-truck,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“Gavin Newsom and his fellow sanctuary politicians even refused to honor an arrest detainer on one of these criminal illegal aliens in December,” McLaughlin continued. “Sanctuary policies put American lives at risk. ICE law enforcement lodged arrest detainers to ensure these drug traffickers are not allowed back into American communities.”
Jasveer Singh unlawfully entered the country in March 2017 near Otay Mesa, California, according to DHS. The Indian national was arrested on December 5 for stolen property in the San Bernardino area and was subject to an ICE detainer at the time, but that request was not honored and he was released back into the U.S.
Gurpreet Singh illegally entered the U.S. in March 2023 near Lukeville, Arizona, and was ultimately released into the country by the Biden administration, according to DHS.
The massive drug bust took place during a routine traffic stop by the Indiana State Police, according to local reports. The Indian nationals — who were on their way to Richmond, Indiana, from Joplin, Missouri — were reportedly hiding $7 million worth of cocaine in the sleeper berth of their semi-truck. The amount confiscated was enough to kill more than 113,000 Americans, per a DHS statement.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged detainer requests for 25-year-old Gurpreet Singh and 30-year-old Jasper Singh, both of whom are Indian nationals living unlawfully in the U.S., according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Indiana State Police arrested the two men after they were allegedly caught hiding over 300 pounds of cocaine inside a semi-truck in Putnam County on Saturday.
The Trump administration, which has increasingly sparred with California officials over the growing crisis of illegal migrants in the U.S. trucking industry, placed blame on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom over the latest incident.
“Thanks to Gavin Newsom’s reckless policies, these two criminal illegal aliens were granted commercial licenses by the state of California and were arrested for trafficking a whopping 300 pounds of cocaine inside a semi-truck,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“Gavin Newsom and his fellow sanctuary politicians even refused to honor an arrest detainer on one of these criminal illegal aliens in December,” McLaughlin continued. “Sanctuary policies put American lives at risk. ICE law enforcement lodged arrest detainers to ensure these drug traffickers are not allowed back into American communities.”
Jasveer Singh unlawfully entered the country in March 2017 near Otay Mesa, California, according to DHS. The Indian national was arrested on December 5 for stolen property in the San Bernardino area and was subject to an ICE detainer at the time, but that request was not honored and he was released back into the U.S.
Gurpreet Singh illegally entered the U.S. in March 2023 near Lukeville, Arizona, and was ultimately released into the country by the Biden administration, according to DHS.
The massive drug bust took place during a routine traffic stop by the Indiana State Police, according to local reports. The Indian nationals — who were on their way to Richmond, Indiana, from Joplin, Missouri — were reportedly hiding $7 million worth of cocaine in the sleeper berth of their semi-truck. The amount confiscated was enough to kill more than 113,000 Americans, per a DHS statement.
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