Multiple fatal crashes linked to illegal immigrants spark arrests across US in recent days
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Authorities in different parts of the country have announced the arrests of multiple illegal immigrants accused of fatally striking drivers, pedestrians and even a teen on a bicycle in recent days, according to authorities and local reports.

“It seems to be almost a daily occurrence where an illegal alien driving kills innocent Americans,” Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. “All of these deaths are preventable because these illegal aliens should have never been in our country.”

In Louisiana, 31-year-old Juan Alfredo Chavarria Lezama is accused of slamming into a bicycle-riding 15-year-old boy in Livingston Parish on Thursday at around 7 p.m.

The unnamed child victim was airlifted to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries, according to the sheriff’s office. Chavarria faces charges of vehicular homicide, driving while intoxicated, driving without a license and other charges. He was the subject of a detainer request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, authorities said.

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Harjinder Singh is escorted to an airplane by Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and law enforcement on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Stockton, Calif. (AP Photo/Benjamin Fanjoy)

He entered the U.S. illegally in 2018, was rejected for work authorization under the first Trump administration, and allegedly fled to California after the crash. Police arrested him in Stockton.

And in late July, Wisconsin police arrested 30-year-old Noelia Saray Martinez-Avila, accused of driving the wrong way before slamming into two high school sweethearts, killing them near Madison, Wisconsin Public Radio reported.

Harjinder Singh mugshot

A new mugshot provided by the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office of Harjinder Singh, who was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. Singh, an illegal immigrant commercial truck driver, is facing charges after three people were killed in a crash after he allegedly made an illegal U-turn on a Florida interstate Aug. 12.  (St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office)

According to the outlet, she had a previous conviction for drunken driving in 2020.

President Donald Trump campaigned heavily on fighting migrant crime, and a nationwide crackdown has been underway since he returned to office in January. 

Noelia Saray Martinez-Avila in a blue jail jumsuit in her mugshot

Noelia Saray Martinez-Avila faces charges including vehicular homicide, drunken driving and tampering with an interlock device in connection with a fatal crash that killed a high school couple in Wisconsin. (Dane County Sheriff’s Office)

“Hallie Helgeson and Brady Heiling had their whole lives ahead of them—and they would still be alive today if it weren’t for Noelia Saray Martinez-Avila—a criminal illegal alien from Honduras,” McLaughlin said.

She said that ICE had filed a detainer request that was not honored due to local sanctuary policies.

Fox News’ Peter D’Abrosca contributed to this report.

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