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. In Florida, Harjinder Singh, an Indian national who the Trump administration says entered the country illegally in 2018, obtained a California commercial driver’s license after failing the CDL knowledge test 10 times in two months in Washington state. He was later charged in a deadly illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike that killed three people.
Join the conversation as a VIP Member