The country continues to suffer from the consequences of former President Joe Biden’s disastrous immigration policies, as well as those caused by “sanctuary” states and cities established by Democrats around the country.
One of the ways Illegal immigrants have been able to integrate into U.S. communities through Democrat policies of issuing them driver’s licenses, and that includes a license to operate a tractor-trailer.
As such, this week the president said his administration will intensify its scrutiny of commercial driver’s licenses issued to migrants who are in the country illegally, as well as the trucking schools that train them, following the death of a Pennsylvania state trooper who was fatally struck by a migrant truck driver earlier this month.
Trump also said his administration is taking what he described as “historic action” to identify and remove migrant truck drivers who are in the country illegally from the nation’s roadways.
“My administration will soon take historic action to get illegal alien truck drivers off the roads who are just killing a lot of people,” Trump said.
“They can’t read signs. Many of them are on drugs or alcohol, and they shouldn’t be driving these things,” he added.
Trump made the remarks Tuesday during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit in Carlisle, where he referenced the death of Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael Pahira.
According to the president, Pahira was killed while conducting a safety check on another vehicle along Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County when he was struck by a commercial truck driven by a Haitian migrant who was in the country illegally and held a Massachusetts-issued commercial driver’s license.
“We’re here in Pennsylvania, where State Trooper Michael Pahira, Jr., was killed just two weeks ago by an illegal alien operating a semi-truck on a commercial driver’s license, which he should never have had,” Trump said, according to WGAL-TV.
According to officials, the driver, 33-year-old Michael Bon, had been living in the United States illegally for at least a year.
Authorities said he entered the country on July 2, 2024, during the Biden administration.
Officials said Bon applied for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) on Oct. 26, 2024, but the application was never approved.
They added that he remained in the country unlawfully and was notified by the Department of Homeland Security in June of last year that he would be required to return to Haiti.
