ICE arrests illegal alien trucker Rajinder Kumar in Oregon for crash that killed newlywed couple married just 16 days

Federal immigration authorities arrested Rajinder Kumar, an illegal immigrant semi-truck driver accused in a crash that killed an Oregon couple married just 16 days, after local officials released him from jail earlier this month.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, Kumar allegedly jackknifed his semi-truck and trailer on November 24, 2025, blocking both lanes of US Highway 20 in Deschutes County. A Subaru Outback then struck the truck, killing driver William Micah Carter and passenger Jennifer Lynn Lower.

The Department of Homeland Security said Kumar was released from jail on April 2, 2026, after Oregon officials declined to cooperate with ICE. Federal agents arrested him on April 22. Kumar is now being held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, and has been placed in removal proceedings.

“This illegal alien was issued a CDL by Gavin Newsom’s California. He then went on to recklessly drive a truck on America’s highways and KILL two honeymooners. Instead of cooperating with ICE law enforcement, Oregon sanctuary politicians RELEASED him from jail back into American communities,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis.

DHS said Kumar entered the United States illegally near Lukeville, Arizona, on November 28, 2022, and was released into the country under the Biden administration. The agency also said he received work authorization from the Biden administration and a commercial driver’s license from California.