BREAKING: DHS confirms to @FoxNews that the semi-truck driver charged w/ killing PA State Trooper Michael Pahira Jr. in a crash in PA on Wednesday is a Haitian illegal alien who flew into the US via the Biden administration's CHNV mass parole program in 2024 & received his CDL from the state of Massachusetts. The Trump administration terminated his legal status in 2025, but he remained in the US illegally and had been living in MA.
According to PA State Police, Trooper Pahira Jr. was inspecting a semi-truck on the side of the road in Schuykill County, PA Wednesday morning when a truck driven by 33-year-old Michael Bon veered off the road and crashed into the truck Pahira was inspecting, creating a domino effect that killed him and caught both trucks on fire.
Bon has since been charged w/ homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, and other charges.
DHS BACKGROUND ON THE ARRESTED TRUCK DRIVER MICHAEL BON:
- Michael Bon is a Haitian illegal alien who first flew into the US in 2024 via the Biden administration’s CHNV migrant flights mass parole program.
- Bon flew into Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport on 7/2/2024 where he was admitted into the US by CBP as a parolee via the Biden program.
- On 10/26/24, Bon applied for (Temporary Protected Status) TPS under the Biden administration, but it was denied.
- On 6/13/2025, The Trump administration USCIS issued Bon a Notice of Termination of parole (revoking the legal status he had via Biden).
- Despite his legal status being revoked, Bon remained in the US illegally.
- The state of Massachusetts issued Bon a commercial driver’s license (CDL).
- ICE has placed a detainer on Bon with PA law enforcement
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