Federal agents arrested [1] Akhror Bozorov, a 31-year-old illegal alien from Uzbekistan who is wanted in his home country for allegedly belonging to a terrorist organization, according to an announcement Monday from the Department of Homeland Security.
Bozorov entered the United States illegally in February 2023.
The U.S. Border Patrol arrested him after he crossed the border but later released him into the country.
Authorities in Uzbekistan issued an arrest warrant in 2022, alleging that he had distributed terrorist propaganda online calling for jihad and had recruited others to join the movement.
On November 9, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Bozorov in Kansas while he was working as a truck driver.
A DHS release stated that he obtained a commercial driver’s license in Pennsylvania after the Biden administration granted him work authorization in January 2024.
A photograph of Bozorov’s license, shared by DHS, showed that Pennsylvania issued him a non-domiciled CDL with REAL ID in July.
In a statement, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin 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 [Josh] Shapiro’s Pennsylvania. This should go without saying, but terrorist illegal aliens should not be operating 18-wheelers on America’s highways.”
McLaughlin added, “Biden and [former DHS Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas allowed countless terrorists to come into our country. President Trump and [DHS] Secretary [Kristi] Noem unleashed ICE to target these national security threats.”
Shannon Everett with American Truckers United responded to the arrest, telling Blaze News that the concerns extend beyond the trucking industry.
“At American Truckers United, our longstanding concern has been that this issue extends far beyond the trucking industry and represents a profound national security crisis,” Everett said.
“The driver in question is just one of several we have identified in possession of not only non-domicile commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) issued by rogue states, but also REAL IDs.”
Everett said some of the individuals identified by the group had been transporting critical shipments.
“These individuals have been found transporting critical assets, including U.S. Mail, U.S. defense shipments, and our nation’s food supplies. This situation is untenable, and our administration must take immediate and decisive action to ban and revoke all non-domicile CDLs improperly issued to noncitizens over the past five years,” Everett stated.
In a statement to Blaze News, PennDOT addressed the licensing process for noncitizens.
“Pennsylvania issues both commercial and non-commercial driver’s licenses only to non-U.S. citizens who can provide documentation proving their lawful presence in the United States,” PennDOT said.
“When noncitizen applicants appear at a Driver License Center in Pennsylvania, PennDOT reviews immigration and naturalization documents, which are confirmed in real time against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) website before issuing any driver’s license. PennDOT is prohibited from publicly disclosing information about an individual’s driver record due to state and federal privacy laws.”
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— Brian Kilmeade (@kilmeade) November 18, 2025 [3]