Florida issues MAJOR crackdown on illegal immigrant truck drivers

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00:00Today we are putting people who break the law on notice.

00:04If you come through these interstations and you're an illegal or breaking the law, you

00:10will be handed over to our local or federal partners.

00:13We have got to protect our American citizens from the dangers of the open border crisis

00:20and illegal aliens that may be engaging in behavior that injures people.

00:24Well, Florida is moving full speed ahead with plans to make sure that legal truck drivers

00:29are the ones behind the wheel on state highways.

00:32This after an illegal immigrant with a California license allegedly killed three people in Florida

00:36while making a dangerous and illegal U-turn.

00:39Dana Marie McNichol is joining us live in Martin County, Florida with the latest on this.

00:43Hi, Dana Marie.

00:44Hi, Bill.

00:46Good morning.

00:47All Florida-run trucking way stations will now become an immigration checkpoint.

00:52We just heard from the Florida Attorney General this morning making that major announcement.

00:58There's no telling how many illegal aliens are in this country driving large commercial

01:04vehicles and putting American families in a safety risk every single day.

01:10As a reminder in Florida, you cannot obtain a driver's license if you are an illegal alien.

01:17And if you have obtained a driver's license from one of these sanctuary states like California,

01:22Washington, or in the case of the driver from last night, New Jersey, those licenses are no good here.

01:28The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will take the lead on immigration checks

01:35with support from other state law enforcement agencies under the 287G agreement.

01:41Now, the move also enforces a May executive order requiring commercial truck drivers to demonstrate

01:48English language proficiency during roadside inspections.

01:52Now, 28-year-old Harjinder Singh, accused of killing three people in a trucking accident,

01:57had a translator to interpret his first court appearance over the weekend.

02:02He was denied bond and sits in the St. Lucie County Jail facing three counts of vehicular homicide

02:08and manslaughter, which could land him in jail for 45 years.

02:12Now, since his arrest in California, nearly 2.7 million people have signed a Change.org petition

02:20calling for the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, to reduce Singh's sentence if he does get convicted.

02:26Now, the office of the governor sent a response to us this morning to the petition saying, quote,

02:31no deal in Florida. Criminal actions have consequences.

02:35And, Bill, immigration enforcement has already started at these trucking weigh stations.

02:40Late last night, the Bay County Sheriff's Office arrested an illegal alien who was driving a

02:45commercial vehicle with a driver's license from New Jersey, a license that's not valid in Florida,

02:51as we heard from the Attorney General this morning.

02:54All right, Dana-Marie McNichol live in Florida for us this morning. Dana-Marie, thank you.

02:59And for more on this, Florida's Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins joins us now. Great to have you here.

03:03So you already have one arrest. Do you anticipate that there will be many more?

03:06And what's the impact on the state from that perspective?

03:10Yeah, so first off, thank you for having me on. It's great to be on here this morning.

03:14Yeah, you know, I'm so proud of what Attorney General Uthmeyer, Commissioner Wilton Simpson,

03:19our Governor Ron DeSantis, and our state are doing. We take this serious. Ultimately,

03:24it's about those three lives and other lives that could be at risk on our roads.

03:28And we're already implementing and putting into play things that can keep our people safer,

03:32our roads cleaner and safer, and taking this threat as what it is, a serious risk

03:37to the people in our state. And that's the standard.

03:40And Lieutenant Governor, we just heard Dana-Marie McNichol talking about this. If we can pull

03:44up this tweet from your state attorney general out there, James Uthmeyer. He announced that one of

03:49the local sheriff's departments out there arrested another illegal alien last night driving a commercial

03:55vehicle. Here it is. He says, quote, last night, the Bay County Sheriff's Office arrested an illegal

04:00alien who was driving a commercial vehicle with a New Jersey driver's license that is not valid in

04:05Florida. Roberto Carlos Vergara Cervantes from Ecuador is now on an ice hold and will be deported.

04:13What is your message to illegal aliens who are in your state and have driver's licenses from blue states

04:20and are driving on your roads right now? Don't do it. Do not do it. Do not put people at risk.

04:28If you can't read the signs, you can't follow the law, you're putting people's lives at risk. It's

04:31unacceptable. Again, I'm proud of what Attorney General Uthmeyer, Commissioner Wilton Simpson and

04:36our governor are doing to put this in place. Ultimately, use the self-deportation. There's

04:40money available to leave and go back and do this the right way without going through this entire

04:46drawn out process or taking a trip to Alligator Alley. There are things in place. Do you know how

04:51the English language test works or like, because I'm just curious, is it a standardized test? Is

04:58it one that you all have come up with or how would that work? Yeah, so my understanding is this is 16

05:03questions. The gentleman that I went and retrieved in California got three out of 16 right. Those are road

05:10signs and English language proficiency. Pretty set, pretty standard on the side of the road.

05:15I can get you more details there as well. But the fact is this, if you can't read the signs,

05:20you can't understand the language, how are you going to drive safely and understand

05:23what's going on around you? It is incredibly risky to have this, you know, multiple thousands

05:28of pounds of vehicle laden with equipment, gear, whatever the case is, driving around there.

05:34It's a huge risk. What if that were petroleum, fuel, something really flammable and that was the case?

05:40It gets quantifiably worse step by step. So again, glad the floor is leading on this.

05:44And we've been showing images of the crash and the Indian illegal immigrant who you

05:49went out to California to collect. Again, he killed three people in the state of Florida.

05:54Apparently didn't speak any English, couldn't read the road signs. But Lieutenant Governor,

05:58there are apparently millions of people out there who want a little bit of leniency for them.

06:02This call for number two online, there's a petition page that now has over 2.6 million signatures

06:10asking for some leniency from this man from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Is there any world that

06:16exists where this guy's going to get any leniency in the state of Florida?

06:19Absolutely not. It's beyond infuriating. You know, he illegally entered in 2018. He put people's lives

06:26at risk, doesn't understand the language, doesn't understand the signs. And we think because of his

06:32ethnicity, he's supposed to not have accountability. That's not how this works. It's ridiculous. You know,

06:38of course, he fled back to California. We know Gavin Newsom doesn't care about this,

06:42doesn't take it seriously. It's an illegal immigration idiocracy in California. And it's

06:47failing America. It puts people's lives at risk. And there will be nothing like that here in Florida.

06:52He's going to pay the price, do his time and go back to where he came from.

06:56One of the people that signed this petition said, one mistake should not erase an entire future.

07:00It's justice. It's not justice. It's cruelty. But there are no such petitions for the people

07:07who died. And that's what Florida is working for. So, sir, thank you for being with us this morning

07:11as this story develops. Dana, thank you. And that it is. It's about those three lines.

07:16Hey, everyone. I'm Emily Campagno. Catch me and my co-hosts, Harris Faulkner and Kayleigh McEnany

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