Illegal immigrant caught driving commercial truck with valid New York CDL at California checkpoint

Border Patrol agents stopped a commercialized motortruck astatine an inland checkpoint adjacent Blythe, California, wherever they discovered the operator – a 25-year-old Indian nationalist with a valid New York commercialized licence – was successful the U.S. illegally.

"Blythe Station agents arrested a commercialized motortruck operator astatine an migration checkpoint aft discovering helium was unlawfully contiguous successful the U.S.," the main patrol cause astatine the Yuma Sector wrote successful a station connected X. "The motortruck driver, a 25-year-old nationalist of India, was successful possession of a New York state-issued commercialized driver’s license. He was arrested for alien inadmissibility nether 8 USC 1182 and volition beryllium processed for deportation."

The apprehension comes amid a tribunal conflict implicit the Department of Transportation’s restrictions connected amerciable immigrants obtaining commercialized driver’s licenses.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blasted a tribunal ruling Monday that denied the Trump administration’s petition to artifact amerciable immigrants from obtaining CDLs.

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"We're not going to instrumentality this lying down," Duffy said connected "The Ingraham Angle." "We are going to bash each we tin to support the American people."

His comments came aft a national appeals tribunal successful Washington, D.C., ruled past Thursday that the Department of Transportation’s restrictions could not beryllium enforced.

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Harjinder Singh, a commercialized motortruck operator accused of making an amerciable U-turn that killed 3 radical connected Florida's Turnpike, appeared successful tribunal virtually Nov. 13. (St. Lucie Courthouse, Florida)

Such restrictions were announced successful September, aft amerciable migrant motortruck operator Harjinder Singh was accused of causing a clang involving a tractor-trailer that killed 3 radical successful Fort Pierce, Florida.

The judges said the national authorities failed to travel due process oregon explicate however the regularisation would beforehand safety. The tribunal besides noted that Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration information shows astir 5% of each commercialized driver’s licenses beryllium to immigrants, though they relationship for conscionable 0.2% of fatal crashes.

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy touted English proficient rules for commercialized motortruck drivers connected Tuesday.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Duffy attributed overmuch of the blasted to the Biden administration, which helium said allowed millions of amerciable immigrants to enter, granted them enactment authorizations and past fto them question CDLs.

"People are dying," helium said.

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"And we thought it was due to support Americans and we should person an exigency rule, not to spell done the month-long process. We did that. The tribunal has rolled america backmost and said, 'Well, we're not rather definite this is an emergency. We privation to spot much data.' And I'm like… 'Watch immoderate amusement connected television, and you’ll spot the hazard to the American people.'"

Fox News’ Alexandra Koch and Taylor Penley contributed to this report.