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  3. Victor Davis Hanson: California Gives Illegal Truck Driver a License—3 Americans Pay the Price
August 21, 2025
August 21, 2025

•Episode length: 8m

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Victor Davis Hanson: California Gives Illegal Truck Driver a License—3 Americans Pay the Price

Episode length: 8m

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Recently, an illegal alien pulled an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike, resulting in a crash that killed three innocent people. The man, identified as Harjinder Singh, was issued a driver’s license by the state of California despite failing basic questions on his driver’s test.

Victor Davis Hanson explains how California’s refusal to enforce immigration law and its dangerous trucking conditions create chaos on the roads—and why these failures don’t stay contained within the state’s borders—on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”

“ What was very disturbing was the expression on Mr. Singh's face. It was calm. He looked around. It was almost as if, ‘Oh. I made a U-turn. Somebody hit my truck. I wonder what happened?’ He didn't get out and try to help anybody. He stood at the side of the road, finally. But why was he driving? He was driving because California issued him a license when they knew he was an unlawful resident of the United States and he was not proficient in English, at least enough to be able to read rudimentary traffic signs and signals. In other words, he killed three people.

“This man was not a U.S. citizen. He was not here legally, and he could not read or write English, apparently. And the wages of that, we found out in Florida, were the death of three innocent people. And no remorse. No apologies on the part of California or Gavin Newsom. Bottom line: California is dangerous to itself, in a myriad of ways, but it's also dangerous to everybody outside of California because its pathologies are not contained within its borders.”

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(0:00) Tragic Incident Involving Illegal Alien

(1:01) California's Infrastructure Issues

(2:22) Revisiting the Incident

(5:10) Broader Impact of California's Policies

(6:36) Conclusion

Host:
•Rob Bluey
Guest:
•VDVictor Davis Hanson

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