(The Center Square) \u2013 Four people killed in Indiana by a big rig driver with a CDL license from Pennsylvania has magnified the consequences of a program in jeopardy of losing $75 million in fiscal funding from the federal government.<\/p>\n
According to the Department of Homeland Security, Tuesday\u2019s crash was caused by Bekzhan Beishekeev of Kyrgyzstan failing to brake for a slowed semi-truck and swerving into the westbound traffic on a two-lane highway. His 18-wheeler crashed head-on into a 15-passenger van on State Road 67.<\/p>\n
On Nov. 20, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found Pennsylvania in violation of federal safety regulations tied to issuing nondomiciled commercial driver\u2019s licenses. Legal status, the department said,\u00a0was not verified<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n On Thursday, Homeland Security said Beishekeev came to America using the CBP One app offered by the Biden administration. Published reports say he entered through Nogales, Ariz., on Dec. 19, 2023, and was released via parole.<\/p>\n Local Indiana lawmen honored the detainer; Beishekeev is in custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n According to ICE, the four killed were Henry Eicher, 50; Menno Eicher, 25; Paul Eicher, 19; and Simon Girod, 23.<\/p>\n The CBP One app no longer works that way. Second-term Republican President Donald Trump, on Inauguration Day, turned the platform into a self-deportation app.<\/p>\n \u201cBeishekeev illegally came to the United States using the Biden administration\u2019s disastrous CBP One app and was released into the United States,\u201d\u00a0Homeland Security said<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cEven worse, Josh Shapiro\u2019s Pennsylvania issued him a commercial driver\u2019s license. Sanctuary politicians must stop issuing commercial driver\u2019s licenses to illegal aliens before another American is killed.\u201d<\/p>\n Oversight of commercial driver\u2019s licensing programs drew increased scrutiny across the nation in 2025. Transportation rule changes as well as congressional legislation has been proposed related to English language proficiency for nondomiciled CDLs.<\/p>\n