Overview

• After extradition from California, Harjinder Singh was ordered held without bond in St. Lucie County on three counts of vehicular homicide tied to the Aug. 12 Florida Turnpike crash.
• The State Department paused issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers, with officials later specifying H-2B, E-2 and EB-3 categories that account for a small share of U.S. drivers, according to Associated Press figures.
• Federal and state investigators are scrutinizing Singh’s licensing in Washington and California as FMCSA examines carrier compliance and reports he failed a post-crash English-proficiency test.
• Washington’s licensing agency confirmed Singh held a Washington CDL before obtaining a California CDL, which canceled the earlier license, while federal officials review whether testing and transfer rules were properly followed.
• ICE confirmed Singh’s brother, Harneet Singh, was taken into custody on Aug. 18 as the Canadian Trucking Alliance urged Ottawa to tighten trucking immigration programs following the U.S. visa action.