{"id":357149,"date":"2026-06-12T01:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T01:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/357149\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T01:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T01:47:14","slug":"california-7-year-old-left-with-half-a-skull-after-crash-involving-undocumented-truck-driver-shares-touching-moment-with-trumps-top-brass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/357149\/","title":{"rendered":"California 7-year-old left with half a skull after crash involving undocumented truck driver shares touching moment with Trump\u2019s top brass"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly two years after an illegal immigrant almost took her life, California seven-year-old Dalilah Coleman and her parents met with US Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headquarters as they got an update on a push to pass a law named in her honor.<\/p>\n

Mullin spoke to her father, Marcus, about the significance of passing Dalilah\u2019s Law<\/a>, which would prohibit any state from granting a Commercial Driver\u2019s License to an undocumented person<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dalilah Coleman with Sec. Markwayne Mullin X\/@SecMullinDHS<\/p>\n

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Image of Partap Singh Homeland Security<\/p>\n

On June 20, 2024, Partap Singh \u2014 an undocumented man from India<\/a>, who had been given a commercial driver\u2019s license by the state despite his immigration status \u2014 was speeding through a construction zone and failed to stop his truck for traffic, leading to the horrifying crash, according to DHS.<\/p>\n

Singh entered the country illegally through the southern border in October 2022 but was released by the Biden administration. He was rearrested by ICE in August 2025 to face deportation proceedings.<\/p>\n

Dalilah, who was 5 years old at the time of the crash, spent three weeks in a coma and required six months of hospital treatment, which included a craniectomy, before her family could bring her home, leaving her without half her skull for four months<\/a>, DHS said, citing Coleman.<\/p>\n

Following the incident, she has \u201cbeen diagnosed with diplegic cerebral palsy, global developmental delay, and will need life-long therapy,\u201d DHS further wrote.<\/p>\n

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Dalilah in the hospital Homeland Security<\/p>\n

\"Scene<\/p>\n

Scene of the car crash Homeland Security<\/p>\n

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Dalilah and her parents, Marcus and Ileana, at the State of the Union in 2026 AP<\/p>\n

The Trump Administration has also advocated for the passing of the Dalilah Law. During the State of the Union Speech earlier this year, President Donald Trump also urged Congress to act<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the meeting, Coleman\u2019s father said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to go around to all the governors and ask them to sign the Dalilah Standard, and pledge their state to the Dalilah Standard, which will stop illegal immigrants from truck driving and will put harsher laws on trucking.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Back when Dalilah\u2019s initial accident had occurred, Marcus reached out to Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s office<\/a>, but was ignored and \u201creceived nothing back at all,\u201d he revealed<\/a> back in January on Fox News.<\/p>\n

\u201cDalilah is just one of countless victims of illegal alien truck drivers. President Trump is calling on Congress to pass Dalilah\u2019s Law, to make it impossible for illegal aliens to obtain commercial driver\u2019s licenses,\u201d Mullin commented following the meeting.<\/p>\n

Singh was arrested on August 29, 2025 and has remained in federal custody.<\/p>\n