California handed a man who failed the English proficiency test eleven times a commercial driver's license for an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer.
That man drove into Florida and killed three people.
Now the Supreme Court just told Florida it has no legal forum to stop California from doing it again.
California Licensed Him Anyway
Harjinder Singh crossed the U.S. border from Mexico illegally and settled in California.
Washington state handed him a commercial driver's license in 2023.
He failed their English proficiency test ten times.
California handed him another CDL in 2024.
He failed their test once.
He could only identify one of four traffic signs when tested by officials.
He only answered two of twelve verbal questions correctly.
Both states licensed him to operate an 80,000-pound semi-truck on American roads.
On August 12, 2025, Singh was driving that truck on Florida's Turnpike near Fort Pierce.
He turned his tractor-trailer across all northbound lanes using an access point marked "Official Use Only."
A minivan had no time to brake.
All three people inside died.
Singh fled to California the next day.
Florida's lieutenant governor personally flew to California to oversee his extradition.
A judge denied him bond as a flight risk and an unauthorized alien.
He has pleaded not guilty.
Florida Sued California and Washington – The Supreme Court Refused to Even Hear It
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed suit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court, the only court with jurisdiction when one state sues another.
Florida argued California and Washington violated federal law on three counts: failing to verify immigration status, failing to require English proficiency, and ignoring federal CDL safety standards.
Iowa and 16 other states backed Florida's lawsuit.
The Supreme Court voted 7-2 to deny Florida's motion without any written explanation.
No reasoning.
No opinion.
Just no.
Governor DeSantis called it a "mistake" and said Florida "deserved to have our day in court."
He agreed with the two justices who actually showed up to defend American citizens.
Clarence Thomas Said Exactly What Every Normal Person Was Thinking
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a dissent joined by Justice Samuel Alito.
His opening line deserves to be on a billboard: "An illegal alien who cannot read English road signs cannot drive an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer."
Thomas argued the Supreme Court has a constitutional duty to hear disputes between states – it is the only forum that exists for exactly this kind of conflict.
By refusing to hear the case, Thomas wrote, the Court left Florida "with nowhere else to bring" its claims.
He called out the majority for adopting a "discretionary approach" to original jurisdiction that conflicts with what Congress actually wrote into law.
Three people are dead.
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The Court didn't have time to write a single sentence explaining why it disagreed.
This Is How Sanctuary Policies Kill People in Other States
California and Washington made a deliberate choice to ignore federal law, and that choice did not stay inside their borders.
It drove down Florida's Turnpike at highway speed, operated by a man who couldn't read the signs telling him where he was allowed to turn.
Florida is now spending taxpayer money on costly preventive measures to protect its citizens from another state's lawlessness.
On February 6, Florida began administering driver's license tests in English only.
That's what it takes to counter the damage California exports.
The Supreme Court's silence doesn't close this fight – and when Clarence Thomas calls out his own colleagues in writing, Congress needs to pay attention.
Gavin Newsom built a system that licensed a man who failed English proficiency tests eleven times, watched that man kill three people in another state, and is now being told by seven Supreme Court justices that Florida has no legal forum to do anything about it.
That is the country we are living in.
Congress can fix this with a federal law that settles once and for all whether states have the authority to hand truck licenses to people who cannot legally be in the country and cannot read the road.
Seventeen states are already demanding that fight.
The three people who died on that Florida Turnpike are waiting for someone to finish it.
Sources:
- Michael Dorgan, "Judge Denies Bond for Illegal Immigrant Trucker in Deadly Florida Turnpike Wreck," Fox News, August 23, 2025.
- Charles Creitz, "ICE Arrests Brother of Illegal Immigrant Trucker in Deadly Florida Turnpike Wreck," Fox News, August 22, 2025.
- Jim Hoft, "Justice Clarence Thomas Blasts Supreme Court for Refusing to Hear Florida's Lawsuit Against Blue States Issuing Driver's Licenses to Illegal Alien Truckers," The Gateway Pundit, May 27, 2026.
- Ward Clark, "SCOTUS Tosses Out Florida's Lawsuit on Immigrant Commercial Driver Licenses," RedState, May 26, 2026.
- "Thomas Rebukes Supreme Court for Refusing Florida's Lawsuit Over Illegal Immigrant Trucker Licenses," American Almanac, May 26, 2026.
- "Thomas and Alito Dissent from Refusal to Let Florida Sue California Over Driver's Licenses," Daily Signal, May 26, 2026.
- "Supreme Court Rejects Florida's Bid to Sue Western States Over Truck Licenses for Immigrants," Washington Times, May 26, 2026.
