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- The tragic crash involving 21-year-old Jashanpreet Singh on California’s I-10 freeway last week, which killed three innocent people, is a disturbing reminder of how cracks in the immigration system allow unvetted—and often illegal—entrants to operate unchecked within American borders.
- In that aspiration lies a painful contradiction, the “American Dream” as it is now marketed by immigration agents and criminal networks often preys on desperation more than hope.
- Moment truck driver slammed into traffic on the 10 freeway in California Tuesday, killing 3 The driver, a 21-year-old male, was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs.
The tragic crash involving 21-year-old Jashanpreet Singh on California’s I-10 freeway last week, which killed three innocent people, is a disturbing reminder of how cracks in the immigration system allow unvetted—and often illegal—entrants to operate unchecked within American borders. Singh crossed illegally through the U.S.-Mexico border in 2022 and was reportedly under the influence of drugs while driving a semi-truck. The consequences were deadly: three lives lost, families scarred, and yet another dent in the public’s trust in America’s ability to manage its borders responsibly.
SHOCK VIDEO: Moment truck driver slammed into traffic on the 10 freeway in California Tuesday, killing 3
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The driver, a 21-year-old male, was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs.
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Singh’s case highlights a glaring systemic failure. According to reports, after entering illegally, he was released under the Department of Homeland Security’s “alternatives to detention” policy, one that aims to ease overcrowding but often ends up releasing individuals with little to no follow-up. That lapse enabled him to secure undocumented employment and a commercial vehicle license, exposing how fragmented checks between immigration, law enforcement, and transport authorities perpetuate risks to public safety.
Yet, it is important to note that Singh’s actions, even in their horror, remain isolated. The vast majority of immigrants, including undocumented ones, come seeking safety, dignity, or opportunity, not tragedy. To conflate criminality with immigration itself would be a fundamental injustice; it is the system’s laxity, not the immigrant identity, that stands accused here.
The False Promise of the “American Dream”
Singh had come seeking a “better life” after leaving Punjab. In that aspiration lies a painful contradiction, the “American Dream” as it is now marketed by immigration agents and criminal networks often preys on desperation more than hope. Young men, particularly from agrarian states like Punjab, are smuggled across borders through Mexico or Canada after paying exorbitant sums. Once on U.S. soil, they find themselves indebted, exploited, and, at times, vulnerable to criminal or extremist manipulation.
Data from the U.S. Border Patrol shows a tenfold increase in illegal crossings by Indians from Canada to the U.S. in just two years, a reflection of both systemic dysfunction and targeted recruitment by underground networks promising golden futures abroad. For many, these journeys end not in prosperity but in danger, detention, or death.
Within this wider phenomenon lies another troubling trend: fringe separatist factions using these migration routes. Khalistani groups, active across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., have long exploited immigrant vulnerability to expand their base. Investigations show that such groups have used organized crime – narco-terrorism, hawala money transfers, and fake asylum claims – to infiltrate and fund their sinister operations.
These extremist networks often masquerade as community organizations, luring disillusioned youth with offers of protection, work, or brotherhood. In reality, they entangle them in webs of deceit where personal dreams become tools of political exploitation. Many recruits, originally seeking a livelihood, end up trapped in propaganda ecosystems that romanticize rebellion but feed off fear, illegality, and alienation.
This tragedy must therefore be seen not as an indictment of migrants but as a wake-up call for governments in the West. The American and Canadian immigration system requires not just tightening but human-centric modernization—where illegal entry is curtailed through vigilance, and pathways for legal migration are expanded with dignity.
Jashanpreet Singh’s story, tragic as it is, must not be exploited for political outrage. It should instead force an honest reckoning: about how a young life meant to build one’s fortune abroad instead became a symbol of systemic neglect, criminal exploitation, and the weaponization of hope.
