Illegal immigrant truck driver charged in deadly California crash<\/a><\/h4>\nClaudia Cowan reports on a deadly semi-truck crash in Lodi, California, where illegal immigrant Manveer Singh is charged with vehicular manslaughter. DHS confirms Singh was caught and released at the Arizona border in 2023. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and federal officials call for ‘Delilah’s Law’ to prohibit commercial driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nNEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\nAn illegal immigrant truck driver who authorities said remained in the U.S. despite being ordered to leave has been charged in the death of a Pennsylvania State Police trooper who had recently moved home to help care for his mother during her cancer treatment.<\/p>\n
The crash is the latest in a series of fatal wrecks involving noncitizen commercial truck drivers that have prompted the Trump administration to tighten commercial driver’s license rules.<\/p>\n
Michael E. Pahira Jr., 44, was conducting a commercial vehicle inspection along Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County on Wednesday morning when another semi-truck left the roadway, struck his marked patrol vehicle and the truck he was inspecting before hitting the trooper, according to Pennsylvania State Police<\/a>. Both semi-truck caught fire after the crash. Pahira later died at a local hospital.<\/p>\nThe driver, identified as 33-year-old Michael Bon, a Haitian national living in Brockton, Massachusetts<\/a>, was charged with homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving and six additional lesser charges. He is being held at Schuylkill County Prison on $700,000 bail. His next court date is scheduled for July 15.<\/p>\nThe Department of Homeland Security has lodged an immigration detainer against him.<\/p>\n
\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\n\nMichael Pahira joined the Pennsylvania State Police in 2007 and most recently served as a Motor Carrier Enforcement Inspector, conducting commercial vehicle inspections to help keep the state’s highways safe.<\/span> (Pennsylvania State Police)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDHS CHIEF MULLIN CLASHES WITH TAPPER OVER HAITI DEPORTATIONS AFTER SUPREME COURT TPS RULING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nBon entered the United States through Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in July 2024 under the Biden administration’s humanitarian parole program<\/a>. He later applied for Temporary Protected Status, but the application was denied. DHS terminated his parole in June 2025 and ordered him to leave the country, but he remained in the United States.<\/p>\nWhile living in Massachusetts, Bon obtained a non-domiciled commercial driver’s license in March 2025. The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles said he first qualified for the license in 2025 while he was authorized to work under federal law. It was renewed in February 2026 before the Trump administration directed states to stop issuing or renewing non-domiciled CDLs for drivers who no longer met federal eligibility requirements.<\/p>\n
Pahira’s death comes as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has made tightening commercial driver licensing rules a top priority following multiple fatal crashes involving non-domiciled CDL holders over the past two years.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\n\nBon entered the U.S. through the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport in 2024.<\/span> (WFMZ\/WTXF)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nVIRGINIA BUS CRASH THAT KILLED FIVE INVOLVED DRIVER WHO DOESN’T SPEAK ENGLISH, SEAN DUFFY SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nLast year, Duffy launched a nationwide audit of states issuing non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses<\/a> after a series of deadly crashes, including crashes in Wyoming, Florida and California. During his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump said<\/a> at least 17 fatal crashes in 2025 that killed 30 people involved immigrants living in the country illegally driving commercial vehicles with CDLs.<\/p>\nThe Department of Transportation has also threatened to withhold federal funding from states found to be issuing licenses to drivers who are ineligible under federal law. In April, the Transportation Department withheld more than $73 million in federal funding from New York<\/a>, saying the state failed to revoke commercial driver’s licenses issued to drivers who were no longer eligible. Duffy said the move was intended to hold states accountable for ensuring only qualified and properly vetted drivers were allowed behind the wheel of commercial trucks.<\/p>\n“Secretary Duffy is laser-focused on restoring integrity to America’s trucking industry<\/a> by ensuring truck drivers on our roadways are qualified and vetted,” a spokesperson for the Transportation Department previously told Fox News Digital. “The Department is going after every link in the chain to root out bad actors, fraudsters and chameleon carriers who put American families at risk.”<\/p>\n
NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n An illegal immigrant truck driver who authorities said remained in the U.S. despite being ordered to leave has been charged in the death of a Pennsylvania State Police trooper who had recently moved home to help care for his mother during her cancer treatment.<\/p>\n The crash is the latest in a series of fatal wrecks involving noncitizen commercial truck drivers that have prompted the Trump administration to tighten commercial driver’s license rules.<\/p>\n Michael E. Pahira Jr., 44, was conducting a commercial vehicle inspection along Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County on Wednesday morning when another semi-truck left the roadway, struck his marked patrol vehicle and the truck he was inspecting before hitting the trooper, according to Pennsylvania State Police<\/a>. Both semi-truck caught fire after the crash. Pahira later died at a local hospital.<\/p>\n The driver, identified as 33-year-old Michael Bon, a Haitian national living in Brockton, Massachusetts<\/a>, was charged with homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving and six additional lesser charges. He is being held at Schuylkill County Prison on $700,000 bail. His next court date is scheduled for July 15.<\/p>\n The Department of Homeland Security has lodged an immigration detainer against him.<\/p>\n Michael Pahira joined the Pennsylvania State Police in 2007 and most recently served as a Motor Carrier Enforcement Inspector, conducting commercial vehicle inspections to help keep the state’s highways safe.<\/span> (Pennsylvania State Police)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n DHS CHIEF MULLIN CLASHES WITH TAPPER OVER HAITI DEPORTATIONS AFTER SUPREME COURT TPS RULING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bon entered the United States through Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in July 2024 under the Biden administration’s humanitarian parole program<\/a>. He later applied for Temporary Protected Status, but the application was denied. DHS terminated his parole in June 2025 and ordered him to leave the country, but he remained in the United States.<\/p>\n While living in Massachusetts, Bon obtained a non-domiciled commercial driver’s license in March 2025. The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles said he first qualified for the license in 2025 while he was authorized to work under federal law. It was renewed in February 2026 before the Trump administration directed states to stop issuing or renewing non-domiciled CDLs for drivers who no longer met federal eligibility requirements.<\/p>\n Pahira’s death comes as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has made tightening commercial driver licensing rules a top priority following multiple fatal crashes involving non-domiciled CDL holders over the past two years.<\/p>\n Bon entered the U.S. through the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport in 2024.<\/span> (WFMZ\/WTXF)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n VIRGINIA BUS CRASH THAT KILLED FIVE INVOLVED DRIVER WHO DOESN’T SPEAK ENGLISH, SEAN DUFFY SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Last year, Duffy launched a nationwide audit of states issuing non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses<\/a> after a series of deadly crashes, including crashes in Wyoming, Florida and California. During his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump said<\/a> at least 17 fatal crashes in 2025 that killed 30 people involved immigrants living in the country illegally driving commercial vehicles with CDLs.<\/p>\n The Department of Transportation has also threatened to withhold federal funding from states found to be issuing licenses to drivers who are ineligible under federal law. In April, the Transportation Department withheld more than $73 million in federal funding from New York<\/a>, saying the state failed to revoke commercial driver’s licenses issued to drivers who were no longer eligible. Duffy said the move was intended to hold states accountable for ensuring only qualified and properly vetted drivers were allowed behind the wheel of commercial trucks.<\/p>\n “Secretary Duffy is laser-focused on restoring integrity to America’s trucking industry<\/a> by ensuring truck drivers on our roadways are qualified and vetted,” a spokesperson for the Transportation Department previously told Fox News Digital. “The Department is going after every link in the chain to root out bad actors, fraudsters and chameleon carriers who put American families at risk.”<\/p>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n
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