Petition Supporting Illegal Alien Accused Killer Gets 2.2 Million Signatures

More than two-million people have signed a petition supporting an illegal alien truck driver who is accused of killing three people after performing a reckless u-turn on a Florida highway.

Harjinder Singh, 28, faces three charges of vehicular homicide and faces up to 45 years in prison after he allegedly performed an illegal u-turn on the Florida Turnpike earlier this month. Footage from the cab of Singh’s tractor trailer shows him swinging the massive vehicle around, causing a catastrophic accident behind him.

Singh illegally entered the country by way of India six years ago and was able to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License in California.

The case has generated nationwide outrage and has caught the attention of the Trump Administration. Just this week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that all employment visas for truck drivers would be immediately halted as a result of the incident.

“Effective immediately we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers,” Rubio posted on X. “The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers.”

Despite the intense backlash, Singh is receiving a sizable amount of support both at home and abroad, particularly from his co-ethnics.

“This was a tragic accident — not a deliberate act. While accountability matters, the severity of the charges against him does not align with the circumstances of the incident,” a petition in support of his cause reads. Manisha Kaushal, the creator of the petition, signed it “Collective Punjabi youth,” and many of the commenters in support appear to be Indian nationals, the New York Post reported.

“It was an accident. he made a terrible mistake, not a deliberate choice to harm anyone. He was working hard to support his family, like so many of us, and one wrong decision changed everything. A 45-year prison sentence is not justice,” one commenter, identified only as Marvi, posted from Sydney, Australia.

“45 yrs of imprisonment?? is it fair for a young boy who left his home country to have bright future, support family???” a second user based in Mississauga, Ontario, wrote.

Members of Singh’s family have also called for a more lenient sentence while speaking from his home village in India’s Punjab region. “His age is 28 years, and if he gets 45 years of jail, then you can imagine what will be the condition of his family,” relative Dilbagh Singh told the Times of India, speaking from the village of Rataul, located not far from the border with Pakistan.

Indian politicians have also spoken out on the case after Secretary Rubio announced the suspension of employment visas.

“Punjabi and Sikh drivers make up 20% of the United States’ trucking industry. Any mass-level action against them would have a detrimental effect on trucking families and would be discriminatory,” Harsimrat Kaur Badal, a lawmaker for the Punjabi-nationalist party Shiromani Akali Dal told the Times of India.

Singh initially fled to California after the crash, though he was apprehended by U.S. Marshals and transported back to Florida to stand trial.

He initially entered the US illegally in 2018 after mortgaging his land in India, records indicate. At the time, he was detained by Border Patrol and released on $5,000 bond. His immigration case was still pending at the time of the crash.

Singh claimed during an immigration hearing that he had a significant fear of violence if he went back to India and was granted leave to stay and work in the US while his case worked its way through the courts.