A.G. Gancarski
An illegal immigrant accused of killing three Floridians with an 18-wheeler on the Florida Turnpike is headed back to the state to face justice.
And new Lt. Gov. Jay Collins is going out west to California to ensure Harjinder Singh is delivered to authorities.
“Tomorrow morning, he is going to take possession of this illegal alien, extradite him back to the state of Florida. And we’re going to throw the book at him when he gets back here for what he did. So you can count on that,” Gov. Ron DeSantis promised Wednesday in Lake Worth.
Singh, who has already signed his extradition papers per the Modesto Bee, allegedly was making an illegal U-turn last week through an “official use only” turnaround in St. Lucie County.
“That was obviously a total disaster to even try that,” DeSantis remarked.
Singh had a commercial driver’s license from California and in Washington state. Singh returned to California after the accident.
DeSantis said he “should have never obviously been behind the wheel” in part because he “doesn’t even speak English.”
“You got to know the road signs and stuff, and it’s just the reality,” DeSantis said.
Singh was processed for deportation under the first Donald Trump administration, but claimed to fear returning to India. His work authorization was approved in the first months of the Joe Biden administration.
Earlier this week, DeSantis suggested that Singh’s asylum claim was bogus.
“He was basically given some type of preliminary termination to say, okay, you’ll have a hearing in two or three years, and then it gets pushed, and then it gets pushed and all this stuff. And it’s basically a one-way ratchet.”
