33-year-old Michael Bon, who had been living in Brockton, Massachusetts, entered the country in July 2024 as a parolee under the Biden administration.
A commercial truck driver charged in the crash that killed a Pennsylvania State trooper has been identified as an illegal immigrant from Haiti.
The crash occurred on Wednesday on Interstate 81, claiming the life of 44-year-old Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael Pahira Jr. Pahira was conducting a routine commercial vehicle inspection of another tractor-trailer when a second tractor-trailer, driven by 33-year-old Michael Bon, crashed into them.
Bon, who had been living in Brockton, Massachusetts, entered the country in July 2024 as a parolee under the Biden administration. He later applied for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in October 2024. DHS said that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) terminated his parole and issued him a notice, to which he refused to comply and stayed in the US illegally.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also said that Massachusetts gave Bon his commercial driver’s license. According to a report by the Boston Herald, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) argues that Bon was eligible for a Non-Domiciled Commercial Driver’s License under federal standards when he submitted his application in March of 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 outlet. “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.”
Bon applied for a renewal of his license in February of 2026, which was approved again. The Trump administration implemented a directive one month later that instructed states not to renew or issue CDLs to non-domiciled drivers.
“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.''
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