Sanctuary state under fire for granting license to illegal alien who allegedly killed young girl with car

FIRST ON FOX: An illegal alien released into the country by the Obama administration who was provided a driver's license by a sanctuary state and was eventually ordered to be deported was arrested earlier this month for allegedly killing an 8-year-old girl in a fatal car crash in Boise, Idaho.

Elvin Elgardo Ramos-Caballero was driving a pickup truck legally via a driver's license granted to him by the state of Oregon and was attempting to make a right-hand turn at an intersection in Boise Nov. 11. 

As he was attempting to make the turn, 8-year-old Mora Gerety was also attempting to cross the street. She was struck and killed, according to authorities.  

"Eight-year-old Mora Gerety's precious life was taken by an illegal alien who should have never been in our country, let alone issued a driver's license by the sanctuary state of Oregon," said Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. 

"Mora Gerety's classmates, teachers, friends and our nation will carry this loss forever. We ask every American to lift this family up in prayer, and we ask God to grant them the courage as they face the hardest days a family can endure. Decades of open border policies have turned every community into a border town. These policies have deadly consequences." 

Donalds' call came after a joint ICE and Oklahoma Highway Patrol operation arrested 70 illegal immigrants, including 34 accused of driving big rigs while in the U.S. unlawfully.

A tragic incident earlier this summer led to three deaths after an illegal immigrant who received his commercial driver's license (CDL) from the state of Washington, which was granted after failing his CDL 10 times in just two months, allegedly made an illegal U-turn on the highway in Florida.  

Donalds said the Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigation and incidents like what happened in Florida underscore a growing national safety risk.

"You have the American people, they're doing the right thing, and now they're subject to losing their lives or being in an auto accident with a CDL driver who cannot read our signs, who doesn't know our laws," he said. 

"This is one of the reasons why I sponsored the WEIGH Act here in D.C.," Donalds explained. "It would actually give broader authority for the Department of Transportation to not just hold other states accountable that are letting these CDL licenses be issued, but would also give the Department of Treasury the ability to withhold federal funds in the process."