U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has threatened to withhold $75 million in federal funding from Pennsylvania amid scrutiny about how the state issues commercial driver's licenses to immigrants.

The secretary asserted in a press release on Thursday that Pennsylvania has "illegally issued licenses" to ineligible noncitizens. As an example, he cited the case of 31-year-old Uzbekistan native Akhror Bozorov, who was found to have suspected terrorist ties in his home country. Bozorov entered the U.S. illegally in 2023 but was released and later obtained a license from PennDOT to drive trucks. He was arrested this week in Kansas by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents.

"Not only was Akhror Bozorov – a wanted terrorist – RELEASED into the country by the Biden administ

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