Published 10:00 am Tuesday, May 5, 2026 Rajinder Kumar was charged with manslaughter after the truck he was driving jackknifed on U.S. Highway 20 in November about eight miles east of Brothers. A car driven by William Carter struck the truck killing Carter and passenger, Jennifer Lower. Carter and Lower had just returned from their honeymoon and had been married less than a month. Is it better that Kumar, who entered the U.S. illegally, is deported or stands trial first? The same question has repeated with similar cases across the country: Is being deported like a get-out-of-jail-free card for an accused immigrant or a strategy that better protects public safety? Kumar, 32, was picked by U.S. immigration officers after he posted bail. He was transferred to an ICE processing center in Tacoma, Wash. According to ICE records, he was still there on Tuesday, when we checked . “This illegal alien was issued a CDL (commercial driver’s license) by Gavin Newsom’s California.…