Pakistani Illegal in ICE Custody After Deadly Wrong-Way Crash in Commercial Truck That Killed Maryland Father on Pennsylvania Highway

 

Dawood Hussain. /Image: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Another illegal truck driver has been arrested following the death of a Maryland father in a fatal vehicle accident.

Dawood Hussain, an illegal Pakistani alien, was charged with felony vehicular homicide after driving his tractor-trailer the wrong way on a Pennsylvania highway in October 2023.

Hussain crashed into the vehicle of Hendry Tamarez Nunez, a Maryland resident and father of two. 

According to police reports and security camera footage, he took the wrong exit (using an off-ramp instead of an on-ramp), ignored a “wrong way” sign and a one-way indicator, and drove northbound in the southbound lanes at about 44 mph. His truck collided head-on with the vehicle driven by Nunez.

Although Hussain was charged in July, 2025, he was freed on a $100,000 unsecured bail.

On March 13, 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested him during a scheduled interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in Virginia. USCIS had identified his pending criminal charges through screening and flagged him as a public safety threat. He remains in custody pending trial.

USCIS notes, “Rigorous screening and vetting process identified Hussain’s criminal charges and flagged him as a public safety threat. Officers promptly alerted Immigration and Customs Enforcement of Hussain’s scheduled interview at USCIS’ Arlington, Virginia, office. ICE arrested him without incident, and he will remain in custody pending trial.” 

USCIS spokesman Matthew J. Tragesser shared, “Illegal aliens should not be operating 80,000-pound tractor-trailers on American roads.”

“This tragedy, like many others, was completely preventable. Under President Trump’s leadership, USCIS remains committed to safeguarding our communities by helping to ensure dangerous illegal aliens are removed from our country, as well as supporting the president’s call for even tougher measures to prevent future truck tragedies.”

USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy has made removing dangerous, unqualified drivers a priority, focused on safety first, no CDLs for those in the country illegally or unable to meet basic qualifications (English, training, immigration status verification), and holding states accountable with funding consequences if they don’t comply.

Safety experts estimate that as many as 130,000 illegal-alien truck drivers may be operating in the United States, with tens of thousands believed to have obtained licenses through illegitimate means.

The Gateway Pundit has reported on the deadly consequences of illegal alien truckers.

Bekzhan Beishekeev, a 30-year-old illegal alien from Kyrgyzstan who entered the US on Joe Biden’s open border invitation in December 2023, killed four Americans. The Amish victims were identified as 50-year-old Henry Eicher, 25-year-old Menno Eicher, 19-year-old Paul Eicher, and 23-year-old Simon Girod.

25-year-old Kamalpreet Singh killed a 29-year-old man on the morning of December 11 after he crushed the victim’s vehicle between two trucks while driving northbound on SR 167. Singh first illegally entered the US in Lukeville, Arizona, in December 2023 and was released by Biden’s border patrol.

On November 24, 2025, Rajinder Kumar, a criminal illegal alien from India, jackknifed his semi-truck and trailer, blocking both lanes of U.S. Highway 20. A Subaru Outback collided with the semi-truck, tragically killing both the driver, William Micah Carter, and passenger, Jennifer Lynn Lower.

56-year-old Goderdzi Gujabidze, an illegal alien from Georgia, caused a multicar crash that killed Indiana National Guardsman Terry Frye and injured three others.

On March 13, 2025, a 17-vehicle pileup occurred in a construction zone on Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas, killing five people, including an infant and a four-year-old child, and hospitalizing eleven others. The driver, Solomun Weldekeal Araya, a 37-year-old Ethiopian national on a work visa, was hauling freight for Amazon.

In May of 2025, in Thomasville, Alabama, a loaded semi-truck struck four vehicles stopped at a red light at highway speed, killing two people and injuring four others. The driver, Andrii Dmyterko, a 45-year-old Ukrainian national on a work visa, was on his third day on the job. Authorities reported that neither the driver nor his passenger spoke English and communicated only in Russian.

Hakeem Jeffries Reveals the Next Trump Admin. Target on Dems’ Hit List Following Firings of Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi (VIDEO)

 

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries delivers a soeech to the National Action Network on Thursday. Credit: C-SPAN screenshot

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) made clear on Thursday that Democrats are not satisfied with the recent firings of former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and former Attorney General Pam Bondi.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump fired Bondi on April 2. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will replace Bondi in the interim.

This followed Noem’s ouster on March 5. Trump immediately announced then-Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) would become the next Secretary of Homeland Security. 

The Senate has since confirmed Mullin and is now serving as DHS Secretary.

While speaking at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention, Jeffries took a huge victory lap over Bondi’s and Noem’s ousters as he revealed the next target on their hit list.

“Kristi Noem is gone. Pam Bondi is gone, and Pete Hegseth is next up,” Jeffries boasted.

 

Jeffries went on to launch an unhinged attack on Hegseth for his role in the Iran War and ridding the military of racist DEI policies.

“Just look at who they put in charge of the attack on DEI: Pete Hegseth, the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in American history,” Jeffries whined.

“This guy can’t organize a two-car funeral!” he added. “He was a Fox News host, and now he’s the Secretary of Defense?” “No wonder things have turned out so horribly in the Middle East.”

“Pete Hegseth, leading the attack on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Those are American values.”

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While one can debate the merits of Noem’s and Bondi’s firings, nothing will satisfy the Democrats until everyone in the Trump Administration is gone.

Should Democrats seize control of both houses of Congress this fall, count on the impeachment to proceed shortly thereafter.

Iran Reportedly Cuts ‘Direct Talks’ with U.S. But Keeps Backchannels Open as Trump’s 8 PM Deadline

 

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UPDATE: According to fresh developments, Iran has cut off direct communication with the US, but NOT with intermediaries, and ongoing negotiations are ahead of President Trump’s 8 p.m. deadline.

Iran International reported:

The Wall Street Journal, quoting Middle Eastern officials, reports that Iran has only cut off its “direct” communications with the US not its talks with ceasefire mediators.

While the move has temporarily complicated efforts to make a deal by Trump’s 8 p.m. deadline, it hasn’t ended the talks, the report said.

“Iran intended to send a signal of disapproval and defiance by severing communications,” one official was quoted as saying. 

Iran’s state-run Tehran Times later reported that “diplomatic and indirect channels of talks with the US are not closed.”

The Tehran-based paper had earlier reported that Iran had cut “all diplomatic and backchannel talks” with the US.

A senior U.S. official told Fox News this morning that they are absolutely in contact with Iran and the talks have been positive.

The ongoing ceasefire negotiations with Iran have been “positive” so far, but it remains unclear whether an agreement can be made in time to meet President Donald Trump’s deadline, a senior U.S. official told Fox News on Tuesday.

“We are absolutely in touch with [Iran]. Absolutely. [The talks] have been positive. If we get lucky, we will have something by the end of the day,” the official said.

Trump has given Iran until 8 pm ET to accept an agreement that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

If Iran does not meet the deadline, Trump has vowed to drastically escalate the conflict, targeting the nation’s power plants and transportation infrastructure.

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The terrorist regime has reportedly severed ALL diplomatic channels with the United States, including back-channel communications that had been kept open with the United States following President Donald Trump’s earth-shaking ultimatum.

The move comes as President Trump delivered one of the most chilling warnings ever issued by a sitting U.S. president, declaring that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran refuses to comply with U.S. demands.

Trump wrote on Truth Social Tuesday morning: 

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World.”

Tehran’s decision to sever direct diplomatic channels is a deliberate act of defiance following Trump’s ultimatum.

The Wall Street Journal reported:

“Iran has cut off direct communications with the U.S. over President Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s “whole civilization” Monday morning, though talks with cease-fire mediators continue, Middle Eastern officials said. The move has temporarily complicated efforts to make a deal by Trump’s 8 p.m. deadline Tuesday but hasn’t ended the talks, the officials said.

One of the officials said Iran intended to send a signal of disapproval and defiance by severing communications. It is unclear if direct talks will resume before the deadline. The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.”

  Reza Amiri Moghadam, the Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan, took to social media to announce that secret “diplomatic endeavors” to end the current regional war are reaching a “critical, sensitive stage.”

Moghadam wrote on X:

“Pakistan positive and productive endeavours in Good Will and Good Office to stop the war is approaching a critical, sensitive stage … Stay Tuned for more.”