Blue states deflect blame in Trump probe after illegal immigrant trucker crash kills 3 in Florida

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A Florida crash that killed three people sparked an ultimatum from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy over states’ commercial driver licensing rules. But two out of the three states named by the secretary say they’re in compliance.

Duffy’s push came after an illegal immigrant from India, Harjinder Singh, allegedly struck and killed three people in a tractor-trailer while making an illegal U-turn on a Florida turnpike on Aug. 12. His current commercial driver’s license was issued in California; he previously had one in Washington, and Duffy said there was a traffic stop in New Mexico where his rig was not taken "out of service." 

Duffy is giving the states 30 days to follow the law, or risk losing federal funding through the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program.

"We are not going to tolerate states that don’t comply with the rules that come from this depar...

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