ICE lodged a detainer for a Haitian illegal alien after he allegedly crashed a semi-truck and killed Pennsylvania state trooper Michael Pahira, a 20-year veteran.
The crash happened on July 1. From CBS Pittsburgh:
According to investigators, Pahira was inspecting a commercial vehicle around 7 a.m. on I-81 South in Cass Township when another tractor-trailer left the roadway, crashing into him and the truck he was inspecting before catching fire. Pahira died from his injuries, police said.Thirty-three-year-old Michael Bon of Brocton, Massachusetts, is facing charges in Pahira’s death, including homicide by vehicle, recklessly endangering another person, involuntary manslaughter and reckless driving.According to the criminal complaint, construction workers nearby saw smoke coming from the crash and ran to help Pahira, who was pinned under the tractor-trailer.Police said Pahira and the truck he was inspecting had been parked safely off of the roadway, meaning Bon would have had to leave the lane of travel to cause the crash.
Massachusetts issued Bon the Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), blaming the federal government for its actions. From The Boston Herald:
The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is pointing the finger at the federal government, telling the Herald in a written statement that Bon was eligible for and received a Non-Domiciled Commercial Driver’s License under federal standards at the time of his application in March 2025.“Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael Pahira Jr.’s death is a horrific and terrible tragedy. We mourn him and our thoughts are with his loved ones and fellow troopers. This defendant should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” RMV spokesperson Amelia Aubourg told the Herald. “The Non-Domiciled Commercial Driver’s Licenses program is a federal program. This individual was ruled eligible based on the Trump administration database and allowed to drive by federal law and Trump administration policies.”The RMV says Bon applied to renew his CDL in February 2026 and was again approved, adding that he would not have been approved if he applied for renewal next year. The Trump administration implemented a new rule on March 16 directing states not to renew or issue new non-domiciled CDLs.“The RMV relies on the federal SAVE database to determine whether someone is eligible to work in the United States. When Bon applied for in 2025 and 2026, he was listed by the federal government as eligible,” Aubourg said.
The Boston Herald pointed out that in 2025, six state troopers in the Massachusetts State Police’s CDL Unit received a guilty verdict for “participating in a conspiracy to pass prospective drivers who had failed the test in exchange for gifts — what prosecutors say they called ‘the golden handshake.’”
The Biden administration allowed Bon to enter the United States on July 2, 2024, as a parolee. Bon applied for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) a few months later, but the administration did not grant it.
The parole was terminated in 2025, serving Bon a notice on June 13, 2025.
Bon refused to leave America.
“This Haitian illegal alien was RELEASED into our country by the Biden Administration, and the sanctuary state of Massachusetts gave him a Commercial Driver’s License,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “Now, because of these reckless policies, a Pennsylvania State Trooper is dead after a crash that was 100% preventable. Illegal aliens should not be driving trucks on America’s highways. Our hearts and prayers go out to his family and the Pennsylvania State Police as they mourn this loss.”
America has seen too many crashes and deaths caused by illegal aliens with CDLs.
Notice a pattern? All under the Biden administration. Blue states issued the CDLs.
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