September 10, 2026 | Commentary | Natalie Baldassarre

Democrats’ Open Border Destroyed American Lives

Commentary

Two years ago, Marcus Coleman’s life changed forever when an illegal immigrant truck driver slammed an 18-wheeler caused caused a multi-pile car wreck and injured his five-year-old daughter, Dalilah. Dalilah spent weeks in a coma and now lives with cerebral palsy, unable to speak, and still pushing through therapy.

  

The Trump Administration launched a historic interagency effort to crack down on the commercial trucking industry, fraudulent driving schools, illegally-issued commercial driver's licenses, and unqualified drivers who endanger American families on the road. 


For families across America, this danger is real:

 

  • A three-time deported illegal alien was driving with a revoked license when he collided with a family on their way to get lunch, killing a 6-year-old girl and injuring a mother and a 4-year-old. 
  • An illegal alien driving without a valid license killed an 82-year-old grandmother, who was walking back to her car through a crosswalk outside a Publix in Panama City Beach. 
  • A  criminal illegal alien from Guatemala was attempting to flee from law enforcement when he ran a red light and killed an innocent driver in Savannah. 
  • An illegal alien attempting to flee from police crashed head-on into a Jeep Cherokee, killing a pregnant 17-year-old passenger and her unborn child.

Yet, Democrats have opposed laws that would keep these people off the road, creating an active safety threats for families.

Republicans are fighting for safe communities and to remove dangerous illegal immigrant drivers off our streets.

 

“Getting behind the wheel to go to work or take your kids to school shouldn’t be a life-or-death situation at the hands of reckless illegal aliens. Every family deserves to know that truck drivers around them are properly trained, qualified, speak English, and know the rules of the road. Republicans are closing dangerous loopholes to prevent accidents from happening, while Democrats are just fine with allowing dangerous lunatics to rule the road.” – Natalie Baldassarre, RNC National Press Secretary