The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Harneet Singh, a 25-year-old Indian national who was in the United States illegally, following a fatal crash on the Florida Turnpike. Singh was a passenger in an 18-wheeler driven by his brother, Harjinder Singh, who is now facing three counts of vehicular homicide.
According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the incident occurred on August 12, 2025. Harjinder Singh attempted to make an illegal U-turn using an “Official Use Only” access point in St. Lucie County. The maneuver blocked all lanes of traffic and resulted in a collision that killed three people.
Harneet Singh had previously been encountered by Border Patrol on May 15, 2023, and was released into the community under policies implemented by the Biden Administration.
“Three innocent people were killed in Florida because Gavin Newsom’s California Department of Motor Vehicles issued an illegal alien a Commercial Driver’s License—this state of governance is asinine,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “How many more innocent people must die before Gavin Newsom stops playing games with the safety of the American public? We pray for the victims and their families. Secretary Noem and DHS are working around the clock to protect the public and get these criminal illegal aliens out of America.”
ICE took Harneet Singh into custody on August 18. He will remain detained while removal proceedings are underway.
