August 22, 2025 • 9 mins
If in fact Singh’s case isn’t isolated, this situation will hopefully prove to be a turning point in the unlawful practices of non-compliant states. The federal investigation can help ensure that’s the case.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Your questions Brian's answers. It's time for today's Q and
A of the day. This is the Brian Mud Show.
Today's Q and A the CDL scandal and the Illegal
Immigrants employer. This is brought to you by listen ashes
check mark collections. Each day I feature a listener question
send by one of these methods. You may email me
(00:24):
Brian Mud at iHeartMedia dot com, hit me up on
social AT's Brian Mud Radio. You may also use the
iHeartRadio talk back feature we love It. If you would
love us, go into the iHeartRadio app make us a
number one preset the Brian Mudshow podcast number two pre set.
While you're in there, look for the little microphone button.
See it, tap it. You may lay out a message
right there, maybe for a future Q and A. And
(00:46):
that's exactly what two listeners did for today's Q and A.
There are two that point in a similar direction, so
I wanted to go ahead and combine those two for
today's entry. They are these, Hey Brian love the show.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Listen every day, Hey listen, I appreciate tr updates on
the Turban Traffic chairer Gay, but I haven't heard and
I'm wondering who did he work for? Did he own
the truck or did he work for somebody, and what's
the situation as far as the liability and all that
kind of stuff. Thanks Buddy, have a great take.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Yeah, kudos on the nickname. Best I've heard, very well played.
Here is the the second what.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Up says to me, Bryan, is I have a CDL.
Anytime I need to change anything on my CDL, I
have to take my first certificate. I'm sixty eight years old,
how long I've been anyway, you know, the change anything
on my CDL and they're just heading them out like
Candy Who and other people who that upset?
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Yeah, No, I get why you're upset by that. And
I'm sure that you know good long standing CDL folders
like self probably the most upset when you hear about
something like this. The story of Hearts adjersing the illegal
immigrant who had been granted a CDL by California and
Washington State who recently killed three Floridians while making an
illegal U turn on the turnpike. It's one that produced
(02:05):
daily developments throughout the week, and each one of those
developments has introduced more questions. Those developments included these. We
had learned that Singh was an Indian national who entered
Mexico to across the southern border illegally in twenty eighteen.
Because you know, anybody who wants to do things the
right way, who wants to immigrate legally from India, naturally
(02:27):
goes to Mexico to do it. When he was apprehended
by border patrol, Singh was set for a media deportation,
but he claimed fear. It was fearful. I mean, you've
seen all the cows in India and a lot of them, right,
And I think Joel and his investigative reporting throughout the
(02:49):
week picked up that the flagelence was the concern.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
Yeah, I think that Singh is a crazy leftist and
he's worried about that flatulence.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
So yeah, I'm it makes sense. You have a left
wing judge and they hear the cows. I mean, think
about how much flatchalanch there is. I mean, you know
you know what that means, and you're like, yeah, you
should stay here. And so that judge let him stay
for five thousand dollars a five thousand dollars bond while
(03:20):
his asylum case was being processed by the way that
stall hasn't been resolved. He then applied for a work permit,
but the Trump administration rejected it in twenty twenty one,
which Joe Biden as president. Well, he applied again and
guess what he got one. He then used that federal
work permit to apply for a CDL, which he was
(03:40):
given in California and Washington State. And the newest wrinkle
was that Seeing needed an interpreter to even be able
to communicate with authorities, prompting an English and road signed
proficiency test, which must both be passed in order to
obtain a CDL score. He scored a seventeen out of
(04:03):
one hundred seventeen percent out of one hundred percent on
his English test, got a twenty five on his road
sign test, And so those revelations prompted a federal investigation
into the CDL practices in both states because obviously it's
not possible for Seing to have legally obtained a commercial
driver's license from either state. Most recently, Sing has been
(04:26):
extradited to Florida to face charges and the death of
the three Floridians, and the investigations into the practices in
California and Washington they're going to take time, but they
do hold the potential for bombshell revelations and insight into
what happened in Singh's case, but also potentially other situations
that have not produced fatal outcomes as of yet. Now
(04:46):
without knowing more, there's just a little food for thought
on that note. If both California and Washington State unlawfully
issued a CDL to an illegal immigrant, I mean, what
are the odds? As sing is the only one this
has happened with, how likely is it that those two
blue sanctuary states are the only two states engaged in
unlawful CDL issuance. And there's yet another item that we
(05:07):
learned over the past day and it involves yet another
Blue state that did not adhere to the law. So
we have now learned that on July third, in New Mexico,
Singh was pulled over in cited for speeding, but that
he wasn't administered in English language proficiency assessment during that
(05:27):
stop as is required under law. He was just given
a ticket for speedings then on his way. Had they
done so, Singh's fraudulent CDL situation would have been identified
and he never would have been able to make that
fatal trip to Florida. As a result of this additional finding,
New Mexico is now also under federal investigation, and that
(05:50):
brings us to address today's two questions. One of the
more recent developments in the case of Singing is that
we have learned who his employer was, White Hawk Carriers.
They're a California based trucking company with an already checkered
recent history. Records showed that the company's trucks have produced
twenty five safety violations within the most recent twenty four
(06:12):
safety inspections, and they've had two drivers caught driving on
suspended CDLs within the past year. This week, following the developments,
was saying the company had its ability to be ensured
revote by the US Department of Transportation. This effectively puts
(06:33):
White Hawk out of business outside of California. Also, in
regards to potential liability and the death of the three Floridians,
it's likely to be considerable the extent of the liability
that'll be determined by the findings of the investigation, As
are the frustrations of our trucker friend, who is frustrated
by his perception that CDLs have been issued More freely
(06:56):
than they used to be. He's potentially onto something. The
total number of active cdl's increase at an annualized rate
of zero point eight percent last decade. Through the first
half of the current decade, CDL growth has paced two
percent per year. It's a massive increase.
Speaker 5 (07:16):
Now.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Some of this, especially in the twenty twenty twenty twenty
one years, could likely be explained by pandemic era policies
that resulted in massive job losses during lockdowns, a lot
of people scrambling for new employment, and obviously trucking was
an essential business that was thriving during the peak of
the pandemic, so many did likely gravitate towards that profession
(07:37):
that wouldn't have without the pandemic. However, for the growth
rate over the course of the five years to be
two hundred and fifty percent higher for CDL issuance that
it had prior, it may indicate that some states are
playing fast and loose with the issuance of them. I mean,
after all, this isn't something like where if you just
want to do it, it's going.
Speaker 5 (07:57):
To happen, right.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
There is an aptitude and ability aspect to this. Bottom
line is even if you want to drive commercially, doesn't
mean you're ever going to qualify to be able to
do so. I don't get any of us one Joel
attempting to get beyond the wheel.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
Wait a minute, I could probably do better than this guy.
Maybe I don't know.
Speaker 5 (08:19):
All right, I will pass the English test. Yes, yes,
the road signs I think you get it. Should get
more than what do you get? Two out of eight?
Speaker 4 (08:30):
I think it was. Yes, definitely get do better than that. Okay.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
A certain segment of the population bottom line, just would
never pass a CDL test when properly applied. And as
we've seen in the case of Saying, two large states,
including the largest in the country, issued a CDL to
someone who obviously was not even remotely close to legally
being eligible for the license. So, if in fact Singh's
case is not isolated, this situation well at least hopefully
(09:00):
proved to be a turning point in the unlawful practices
of the non compliant states. The federal investigation can help
ensure that's the case.
Your questions Brian's answers. It's time for today's Q and
A of the day. This is the Brian Mud Show.
Today's Q and A the CDL scandal and the Illegal
Immigrants employer. This is brought to you by listen ashes
check mark collections. Each day I feature a listener question
send by one of these methods. You may email me
(00:24):
Brian Mud at iHeartMedia dot com, hit me up on
social AT's Brian Mud Radio. You may also use the
iHeartRadio talk back feature we love It. If you would
love us, go into the iHeartRadio app make us a
number one preset the Brian Mudshow podcast number two pre set.
While you're in there, look for the little microphone button.
See it, tap it. You may lay out a message
right there, maybe for a future Q and A. And
(00:46):
that's exactly what two listeners did for today's Q and A.
There are two that point in a similar direction, so
I wanted to go ahead and combine those two for
today's entry. They are these, Hey Brian love the show.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Listen every day, Hey listen, I appreciate tr updates on
the Turban Traffic chairer Gay, but I haven't heard and
I'm wondering who did he work for? Did he own
the truck or did he work for somebody, and what's
the situation as far as the liability and all that
kind of stuff. Thanks Buddy, have a great take.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Yeah, kudos on the nickname. Best I've heard, very well played.
Here is the the second what.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Up says to me, Bryan, is I have a CDL.
Anytime I need to change anything on my CDL, I
have to take my first certificate. I'm sixty eight years old,
how long I've been anyway, you know, the change anything
on my CDL and they're just heading them out like
Candy Who and other people who that upset?
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Yeah, No, I get why you're upset by that. And
I'm sure that you know good long standing CDL folders
like self probably the most upset when you hear about
something like this. The story of Hearts adjersing the illegal
immigrant who had been granted a CDL by California and
Washington State who recently killed three Floridians while making an
illegal U turn on the turnpike. It's one that produced
(02:05):
daily developments throughout the week, and each one of those
developments has introduced more questions. Those developments included these. We
had learned that Singh was an Indian national who entered
Mexico to across the southern border illegally in twenty eighteen.
Because you know, anybody who wants to do things the
right way, who wants to immigrate legally from India, naturally
(02:27):
goes to Mexico to do it. When he was apprehended
by border patrol, Singh was set for a media deportation,
but he claimed fear. It was fearful. I mean, you've
seen all the cows in India and a lot of them, right,
And I think Joel and his investigative reporting throughout the
(02:49):
week picked up that the flagelence was the concern.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
Yeah, I think that Singh is a crazy leftist and
he's worried about that flatulence.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
So yeah, I'm it makes sense. You have a left
wing judge and they hear the cows. I mean, think
about how much flatchalanch there is. I mean, you know
you know what that means, and you're like, yeah, you
should stay here. And so that judge let him stay
for five thousand dollars a five thousand dollars bond while
(03:20):
his asylum case was being processed by the way that
stall hasn't been resolved. He then applied for a work permit,
but the Trump administration rejected it in twenty twenty one,
which Joe Biden as president. Well, he applied again and
guess what he got one. He then used that federal
work permit to apply for a CDL, which he was
(03:40):
given in California and Washington State. And the newest wrinkle
was that Seeing needed an interpreter to even be able
to communicate with authorities, prompting an English and road signed
proficiency test, which must both be passed in order to
obtain a CDL score. He scored a seventeen out of
(04:03):
one hundred seventeen percent out of one hundred percent on
his English test, got a twenty five on his road
sign test, And so those revelations prompted a federal investigation
into the CDL practices in both states because obviously it's
not possible for Seing to have legally obtained a commercial
driver's license from either state. Most recently, Sing has been
(04:26):
extradited to Florida to face charges and the death of
the three Floridians, and the investigations into the practices in
California and Washington they're going to take time, but they
do hold the potential for bombshell revelations and insight into
what happened in Singh's case, but also potentially other situations
that have not produced fatal outcomes as of yet. Now
(04:46):
without knowing more, there's just a little food for thought
on that note. If both California and Washington State unlawfully
issued a CDL to an illegal immigrant, I mean, what
are the odds? As sing is the only one this
has happened with, how likely is it that those two
blue sanctuary states are the only two states engaged in
unlawful CDL issuance. And there's yet another item that we
(05:07):
learned over the past day and it involves yet another
Blue state that did not adhere to the law. So
we have now learned that on July third, in New Mexico,
Singh was pulled over in cited for speeding, but that
he wasn't administered in English language proficiency assessment during that
(05:27):
stop as is required under law. He was just given
a ticket for speedings then on his way. Had they
done so, Singh's fraudulent CDL situation would have been identified
and he never would have been able to make that
fatal trip to Florida. As a result of this additional finding,
New Mexico is now also under federal investigation, and that
(05:50):
brings us to address today's two questions. One of the
more recent developments in the case of Singing is that
we have learned who his employer was, White Hawk Carriers.
They're a California based trucking company with an already checkered
recent history. Records showed that the company's trucks have produced
twenty five safety violations within the most recent twenty four
(06:12):
safety inspections, and they've had two drivers caught driving on
suspended CDLs within the past year. This week, following the developments,
was saying the company had its ability to be ensured
revote by the US Department of Transportation. This effectively puts
(06:33):
White Hawk out of business outside of California. Also, in
regards to potential liability and the death of the three Floridians,
it's likely to be considerable the extent of the liability
that'll be determined by the findings of the investigation, As
are the frustrations of our trucker friend, who is frustrated
by his perception that CDLs have been issued More freely
(06:56):
than they used to be. He's potentially onto something. The
total number of active cdl's increase at an annualized rate
of zero point eight percent last decade. Through the first
half of the current decade, CDL growth has paced two
percent per year. It's a massive increase.
Speaker 5 (07:16):
Now.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Some of this, especially in the twenty twenty twenty twenty
one years, could likely be explained by pandemic era policies
that resulted in massive job losses during lockdowns, a lot
of people scrambling for new employment, and obviously trucking was
an essential business that was thriving during the peak of
the pandemic, so many did likely gravitate towards that profession
(07:37):
that wouldn't have without the pandemic. However, for the growth
rate over the course of the five years to be
two hundred and fifty percent higher for CDL issuance that
it had prior, it may indicate that some states are
playing fast and loose with the issuance of them. I mean,
after all, this isn't something like where if you just
want to do it, it's going.
Speaker 5 (07:57):
To happen, right.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
There is an aptitude and ability aspect to this. Bottom
line is even if you want to drive commercially, doesn't
mean you're ever going to qualify to be able to
do so. I don't get any of us one Joel
attempting to get beyond the wheel.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
Wait a minute, I could probably do better than this guy.
Maybe I don't know.
Speaker 5 (08:19):
All right, I will pass the English test. Yes, yes,
the road signs I think you get it. Should get
more than what do you get? Two out of eight?
Speaker 4 (08:30):
I think it was. Yes, definitely get do better than that. Okay.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
A certain segment of the population bottom line, just would
never pass a CDL test when properly applied. And as
we've seen in the case of Saying, two large states,
including the largest in the country, issued a CDL to
someone who obviously was not even remotely close to legally
being eligible for the license. So, if in fact Singh's
case is not isolated, this situation well at least hopefully
(09:00):
proved to be a turning point in the unlawful practices
of the non compliant states. The federal investigation can help
ensure that's the case.
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