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A horrific chain-reaction crash on the westbound I-10 in Ontario, California, left three Americans dead and several others wounded after a semi-truck plowed into slowed traffic, igniting flames and leaving a scene of devastation that should never happen on our highways. The dashcam footage shows a massive vehicle failing to brake and mowing through multiple cars before slamming into another truck — an image that haunts anyone who values common-sense public safety.
Authorities arrested 21-year-old truck driver Jashanpreet Singh at the scene and prosecutors have since charged him with multiple counts of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI causing injury after toxicology reportedly showed drug impairment. Homeland Security officials say Singh entered the United States in 2022 without authorization and ICE lodged a detainer following the crash, underscoring the intersection of criminal lawlessness and immigration failures.
The human cost of this policy failure is real and personal — among the dead were Clarence Nelson, a beloved former Pomona High School assistant basketball coach, and his wife Lisa, leaving a grieving community in desperate need of answers and accountability. Families and neighbors are left to pick up the pieces while officials trade blame, and no slogan or talking point will bring these citizens back.
Even more infuriating is the reporting that the suspect had a California commercial driver’s license despite not having lawful immigration status, a consequence of permissive state rules that have allowed unqualified drivers onto our roads. Federal officials have pushed new restrictions and rightly warned that states must enforce national safety standards or face consequences, because a license should be proof of competence and legal status — not a loophole.
This tragedy is another predictable result of the open-border, soft-on-enforcement approach championed by Washington and enshrined in policies that prioritize ideology over citizens’ safety. When the federal government and sanctuary states refuse basic checks, when release instead of removal becomes the norm, hardworking Americans pay the price with their lives and their loved ones.
Enough platitudes — this moment demands action: revoke improperly issued licenses, fully enforce detainers, prosecute culpable officials who broke the rules, and finish the job of securing our borders so dangerous actors cannot be released to roam our streets. Conservatives should push for immediate legislative fixes that prevent noncitizens without proper vetting from operating heavy commercial vehicles and ensure that states that flout federal safety standards are held financially and legally accountable.
Our hearts go out to the victims and every family shattered by this avoidable catastrophe, and our anger is rightly directed at a system that allowed it to happen. Patriotism means protecting our fellow Americans; that begins with enforcing the law, restoring border control, and refusing to accept more preventable deaths in the name of political correctness.
