Angel Dad Rebukes Lawmakers Over 2021 Crash by Twice-Deported Driver

Q: Why did state officials remain completely silent for years after two young friends burned to death in a devastating 2021 crash?

There is no verified public explanation in the available reporting for why California officials stayed silent; what is documented is that Anya Varfolomeeva’s father says his family received no meaningful response for years despite repeated efforts to get answers. According to Anatoly Varfolomeev, neither state officials nor federal authorities gave the family a substantive response after the 2021 Orange County/Seal Beach-area crash that killed Anya and her friend Nicholay Osokin. He said no one from the state contacted them, even after the family sent letters and petitions seeking information. He has described that silence as “disgusting and shameful.” The reporting ties the family’s frustration to how they learned key details only much later, including that the driver, Oscar Eduardo Ortega Anguiano, had allegedly been deported twice, had a prior prison sentence, lacked a valid California license, and was allegedly driving under the influence. Varfolomeev argues the case exposed failures in enforcement, information-sharing, and victim communication. What can be said factually is narrower than the father’s criticism: public accounts do not show a formal state explanation for the lack of outreach, and the available materials do not document any official statement from California agencies addressing why the family’s inquiries went unanswered for so long. In other words, the silence itself is reported; the reason for it remains unaddressed in the record provided.

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 16

Anatoly Varfolomeev said on Fox & Friends that Democratic lawmakers were ignoring the full story of his 19-year-old daughter Anya’s 2021 death and should unite to end sanctuary policies.
Tuesday’s Capitol Hill testimony centered on a driver the family says was deported in 2016 and 2021, had served prison time, lacked a valid California license and was driving under the influence.
Varfolomeev said it took three years for his family to learn key details about the case and that California officials never responded when he sought answers; Fox said Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office did not comment.
Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Summer Lee had framed the hearing as either a push for broader immigration-system fixes or political fearmongering, a contrast Varfolomeev rejected as detached from public safety.
Varfolomeev also drew a line between legal immigrants and illegal immigrants, saying his family came to the U.S. legally and blaming California politicians and the Biden administration for failing to protect Americans.