Illegal immigrant truck driver in fatal California crash should never have had license: DOT report

President Donald Trump s Transportation Secretary Sean P Duffy issued a bombshell document Thursday night accusing California of violating federal law by issuing a commercial driver s license to a foreign asylum seeker whose semi-truck crash killed three people earlier this week The description alleges that Gov Gavin Newsom s administration ignored a federal order to halt noncompliant licenses and revoke improperly issued credentials a failure that according to Duffy cost three innocent souls California also allegedly violated federal law by upgrading the non-domiciled commercial drivers license CDL of the Indian national tied to the fatal crash Jashanpreet Singh despite a federal urgency rule and compliance notice issued Sept WHITE HOUSE SAYS CALIFORNIA GRANTED LICENSE TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCKER CHARGED IN FATAL DUI CRASH My prayers are with the families of the casualties of this tragedy It would have never happened if Gavin Newsom had followed our new rules California broke the law and now three people are dead and two are hospitalized These people deserve justice There will be consequences noted U S Transportation Secretary Sean P Duffy California issued the CDL to Singh on June according to federal records A Department of Transportation audit on Sept flagged important compliance failures in the state s licensing process yet on Oct functionaries reportedly upgraded the driver s license despite federal restrictions Just six days later on Oct the license holder was behind the wheel of a semi-truck involved in a fatal freeway crash that killed three people The Department of Transportation has given California days to identify and revoke all noncompliant licenses or peril federal funding penalties CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe California DMV did not this instant respond to Fox News Digital s request for comment