India, Oct. 24 -- The White House raised alarms over what it calls "serious gaps" in the issuance of commercial driver's licenses, after a deadly road crash in California involving a driver accused of being in the United States illegally.

At a press briefing this week, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the accused Jashanpreet Singh, charged with manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence, had obtained a California commercial driver's license.

Leavitt said the Department of Transportation (DOT) has already launched a review of how the license was granted, calling it part of a broader crackdown on "licenses being wrongfully issued to people who clearly do not deserve to uphold these positions....