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Karoline Leavitt: “He [the DUI suspect] first entered the United States in 2022…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Oct. 23, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 36:34

… this individual following his arrest by local authorities in California on charges of, as you know, of manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence. He killed three people and He [the DUI suspect] first entered the United States in 2022 through the Southern border, and he was released into our country by the previous administration. So now ICE has lodged a separate detainer for this individual. And these tragedies are following a disturbing pattern of these criminal illegal aliens being issued commercial vehicle licensing. (36:34–53:39)

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Asserts that the DUI suspect entered the U.S. in 2022 via the Southern border and was released by the previous administration.

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