Illegal trucker ‘deported himself to CA,’ lawmaker says, while revealing systemic crisis in transportation

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Harjinder Singh’s deadly wreck on Florida’s Turnpike exposes not just the illegal immigration crisis but systemic negligence – or worse – in transportation-related areas, Florida Rep. Brian Mast told Fox News Digital in a Wednesday interview.

Mast lives only 10 minutes from where Singh made an unlawful U-turn on Florida’s Turnpike and killed three people whose vehicle became wedged under his rig – after he illegally used a median crossover meant for emergency vehicles.

The interview was held as Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and other officials were in-flight to California to extradite Singh, an illegal immigrant, to face charges for the incident in Mast’s St. Lucie County district.

Mast said Singh’s case undercuts Democrats’ claims that the Tr