No English, No Problem — Until the Fatalities Happen

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No English, No Problem — Until the Crash Happens
By Brian Lonergan
July 15, 2026

For those who still insist, despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary, that allowing mass numbers of foreign nationals into the country with few restrictions is a good idea, it is time for them to account for what happened to Tobias “Toby” Forsythe.

Toby should still be alive today. A promising 21-year-old economics major and goalkeeper for the University of Massachusetts Lowell soccer team, Forsythe was killed July 5 on Interstate 71 in Madison County, Ohio, when a semi-truck allegedly rear-ended his vehicle. The driver, Uzbek national Bekhzod Asrarov, 42, had entered the United States in 2024 through the diversity visa lottery. He held an Ohio commercial driver’s license (CDL) despite speaking no English and reportedly relied on Google Translate to communicate with investigators. He was even allegedly caught on scene trying to smash his phones and dashcam to conceal the evidence of his crimes.

This tragedy is not an aberration. It is the predictable result of reckless policies that have allowed unqualified noncitizens—including illegal aliens and those admitted through lax programs—to obtain commercial driver’s licenses and operate 80,000-pound rigs on American roads. When drivers cannot read road signs, understand traffic instructions, or communicate with law enforcement, America’s highways become much more dangerous and innocent people lose their lives. There are inherent risks when driving, but this is a preventable and unacceptable risk.

The number of disturbing, similar cases are quickly piling up.
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These are not isolated incidents. Federal data cited by the Trump administration shows at least 17 fatal crashes in 2025 alone linked to noncitizen truck drivers with commercial licenses. The White House has since moved aggressively to revoke tens of thousands of CDLs from drivers lacking English proficiency, a basic federal requirement for safely operating commercial vehicles. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy rightly stated that we cannot allow truckers who are unable to read road signs or speak to law enforcement to pilot massive rigs across the country.
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At the other end of the spectrum, the H-1B visa program, sold as a merit-based tool for highly skilled workers, has been repeatedly abused by corporations to import cheaper foreign labor, often displacing qualified Americans in tech and other fields. Both the random lottery that injects unqualified drivers onto our roads and the H-1B system that prioritizes corporate cost-cutting over American workers originate from the same flawed source: immigration policies that treat American lives and livelihoods as expendable.

The solutions to these problems are not mysteries. Enforce federal CDL standards without exception: no license without proven English proficiency and legal work authorization. End the diversity visa lottery, which serves no compelling national interest. Crack down on states that issue commercial licenses to illegal aliens or parolees. Reform the H-1B program to truly prioritize American workers rather than outsourcing pipelines. Deport those here illegally who endanger the public, and restore merit, vetting, and assimilation as the core principles of legal immigration. The remedies are rather obvious. We just need leaders with the courage to implement them while ignoring the predictable attacks from the government-media complex that push mass migration on the rest of us.

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