The U.S. will pause issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers effective immediately. The action cites an increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks as endangering American lives and undercutting American truckers' livelihoods. No statistics or specific examples were provided to detail the alleged threats. The decision follows a deadly Aug. 12 crash on the Florida Turnpike involving a migrant from India who obtained a commercial driver's license in California and was described by the Department of Homeland Security as in the country illegally. The Department of Transportation opened an investigation into the crash. The move aligns with broader administration efforts to tighten driver immigration rules and enforcement.
Effective immediately we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers, he wrote on X Thursday. The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on US roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers. The secretary of state's post didn't include statistics nor specific examples detailing the nature of the threats.
The move follows a deadly Aug. 12 crash on the Florida Turnpike involving a truck driver who the Department of Homeland Security said was in the country illegally. The driver of the rig, accused of making an illegal U-turn, is a migrant from India and had been issued a commercial driver's license in California, after obtaining a work permit by the federal government. The Department of Transportation said on Tuesday that it had opened an investigation into the crash.
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