“I COULD NOT STOP IN TIME”!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AUTHORITIES SAY PARTAP SINGH DROVE AN 18-WHEEL TRACTOR-TRAILER AT AN UNSAFE SPEED OF 60 MPH IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE AND SLAMMED INTO A VEHICLE… LEAVING A YOUNG CHILD PERMANENTLY DISABLED WHILE HER FATHER TOOK HIS GRIEVANCES DIRECTLY TO CONGRESS.
A California father whose 7-year-old daughter was permanently disabled in a collision involving an illegal alien trucker addressed lawmakers on Tuesday.
Marcus Coleman spoke before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement during a hearing examining sanctuary policies.
“I reject your guys’ sympathy,” Marcus Coleman told lawmakers at a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing on sanctuary policies.
His daughter, Dalilah, suffered a fractured skull, a broken femur, and a traumatic brain injury in the wreck.
In 2024, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer slammed into the vehicle she was riding in within Southern California.
The accident left the young girl with critical, life-altering injuries.
Authorities identified the truck driver as Partap Singh, an illegal alien from India who had obtained a California commercial driver’s license.
Authorities said Singh was traveling at 60 mph, driving at an unsafe speed, and failed to stop for traffic in a construction zone.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement weighed in on the matter in a statement.
“Sanctuary politicians must stop putting politics above public safety,” ICE told The California Post.
“This type of insanity leads to more crimes and more innocent victims.”
Coleman said Governor Gavin Newsom ignored calls to help following the incident.
The crash also wrecked Coleman’s ability to provide for his family.
He stopped working as a truck driver following the disaster.
Coleman explained that he is now pinching pennies while raising nine children.
“I’m no longer truck driving. I no longer make the money that we used to make. I’m now pinching pennies,” Coleman said.
“I have nine kids, by the way, that I take care of, and I had to sit there and stretch that.”
Coleman said Democratic lawmakers never reached out after his daughter suffered her catastrophic injuries.
“Not one of you guys have ever sat there and seen me in the hallways and said, ‘Hey, sorry about your daughter.’ You guys do it right here where you guys are grandstanding on top of your soapbox,” he said.
“This is when you guys care. Right here inside this room is the only time you guys care.”
In October 2017, California became a sanctuary state when then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 54, known as the California Values Act.
The state is also classified as a sanctuary jurisdiction by the US Department of Justice.
The state law bars state and local police from investigating, interrogating or detaining people solely for federal immigration enforcement purposes.
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Under the statute, local jails generally cannot hold someone beyond a scheduled release date simply because ICE has issued a detainer request.
The law does allow cooperation with federal immigration authorities involving certain serious or violent felony convictions.
Coleman criticized the state’s sanctuary framework during his appearance.
“I think that building needs to get checked for mold or something, because you guys are really out of your guys’ mind thinking that sanctuary cities are the way to go,” he told Democratic lawmakers.
“This is the end result of Sanctuary City right here,” Coleman said, pointing to his daughter.
Coleman also drew a distinction between legal immigration and unlawful entry.
“My wife, an immigrant. She did what she’s supposed to do,” Coleman said.
“She did exactly what she’s supposed to do to get here.”
And other parents shared similar accounts before the congressional panel.
Patricia Fox, another mother testifying at the hearing, described the devastation her family has endured after a separate crash involving an illegal alien.
Fox said her daughter, Carissa “Luu” Aspnes, was permanently disabled after a March 2025 hit-and-run in Colorado involving an illegal from Venezuela.
The driver and passenger in that incident fled the scene without checking whether Aspnes was alive.
“Despite her initial prognosis, Carissa survived. Praise God, but survival and recovery are not the same,” Fox testified.
Fox said her daughter cannot sit up or stand on her own.
She uses a Hoyer lift to get Aspnes out of bed, blends her food, and feeds her through a G-tube.
Fox also administers medication and bathes her daughter.
At night, she sleeps lightly in case her daughter’s pulse oximeter sounds an alarm.
Fox also told Democrats to put American lives ahead of their fight with Donald Trump.
“You need to love Americans more than you hate Trump,” she added.
“It’s literally your job.”
But Coleman closed his testimony by addressing the lawmakers he holds accountable.
“She didn’t ask for any of this,” he said of Dalilah.
“The people that jumped the fence did though. They knew exactly what they were doing. They still chose to move forward in that direction. And every day something’s happening to somebody, and it is your guys’ fault. I hold each and every one of you responsible for it, and I always will.”
Singh appears in San Bernardino County Superior Court on Monday, January 5, 2026, in Rancho Cucamonga, California.
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