Illegal Immigrant On Terror Watchlist Received Pennsylvania Trucking License

An alleged illegal immigrant terrorist was working as a truck driver in the United States using a Pennsylvania-issued commercial driver’s license, the Department of Homeland Security revealed Monday.

Local authorities pulled over Uzbek national Akhror Bozorov, 31, on Nov. 9 when it was discovered that he had an Interpol warrant for allegedly distributing terrorist propaganda calling for jihad online and recruiting fellow terrorists, federal law enforcement sources told The Daily Wire. Immigration and Customs Enforcement later took him into custody.

Bozorov crossed the California border illegally in 2023 and was swiftly released into the country when the Biden administration was pushing Border Patrol to move people out of custody as quickly as possible. His warrant was issued the year before he came to the United States, but border agents didn’t find any such red flags because they didn’t have enough time to properly vet him, sources said.

“Not only was Akhror Bozorov — a wanted terrorist — RELEASED into the country by the Biden administration, but he was also given a commercial driver’s license by Governor Shapiro’s Pennsylvania. This should go without saying, but terrorist illegal aliens should not be operating 18-wheelers on America’s highways,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a Monday statement.

“Biden and Mayorkas allowed countless terrorists to come into our country. President Trump and Secretary Noem unleashed ICE to target these national security threats,” she added.

Under the Biden administration, ISIS-tied smuggling networks helped hundreds of illegal immigrants from Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries cross into the United States, CNN previously reported.

In 2024, the Biden administration handed Bozorov a work permit, which likely opened the door for his trucking license.

The Trump administration recently commenced a crackdown on states issuing commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, with the worst offender being California, after a series of fatal collisions.

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons recently issued a dire warning that the issue has increased the potential for a terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

“We don’t know what they’re carrying across state lines in an 18-wheeler, terrorists will stop at nothing to harm the United States, and it is well within the realm of possibility that some of these trucks … could be carrying toxic chemicals, bombs, or God knows what,” Lyons said.