Trucking Exec Crackdown Fails to Address Incentives Behind Illegal Operations
Federal agencies are targeting fraudulent CDL schools and illegal trucking schemes, and Alabama says 1,022 English proficiency violations have been issued this year.
- On Wednesday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey voiced support for a federal crackdown on commercial trucking fraud, aligning with coordinated efforts by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Justice announced Monday.
- Alabama has pursued similar enforcement through the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's Motor Carrier Safety Unit and partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, following Ivey's Highway Safety and Fairness Act signed in March.
- The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reported 106 commercial motor vehicle fatalities in 2025, while issuing 1,022 English-language proficiency violations and helping Customs Enforcement detain 561 people for immigration violations since January 1, 2025.
- Federal authorities are prosecuting fraud at more than 100 commercial driving schools, though industry CEO Zach Meiborg argues regulators ignore systemic issues rooted in a 91-year-old rule governing trucking operations.
- Addressing individual driver violations fails to stop the companies Meiborg says are exploiting the system; legal costs when non-compliant firms cause accidents can reach a $10 million, $20 million, or $100 million lawsuit.
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Ivey backs federal trucking crackdown
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Wednesday Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey voiced her support for a federal crackdown on fraud and crime in the commercial trucking industry, highlighting similar enforcement efforts taking place in Alabama. The U.S. Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Justice announced a coordinated effort on Monday to target fraudulent […]
Trucking exec crackdown fails to address incentives behind illegal operations - Regional Media News
(The Center Square) - President Donald Trump's administration is touting a crackdown on fraudulent commercial driver's license schools and unsafe truck drivers, but a Rockford trucking executive says federal officials are addressing the symptoms of a much larger problem. "We're addressing the symptoms of the [...]
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Trucking exec crackdown fails to address incentives behind illegal operations
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump’s administration is touting a crackdown on fraudulent commercial driver's license schools and unsafe truck drivers, but a Rockford trucking executive says federal officials are addressing the symptoms of a much larger problem.
Chicago Sun Times
Usa news siteTwo federal prosecutors' offices in the interior of Illinois joined the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday to announce an offensive against truck driver training schools that, according to the Trump administration, have helped undocumented immigrants get commercial driver's licenses (CDL).Federal authorities shut down 110 CDL driving schools across the country linked to more than 5,000 drivers "not passing English proficiency tests," according…
Trump administration announces trucking school crackdown | Illinois State Bar Association
Trump administration announces trucking school crackdownTwo downstate federal prosecutors’ offices joined the U.S. Justice Department Monday in announcing a crackdown on trucking schools that the Trump administration claims has helped immigrants without documentation obtain commercial driver’s licenses. Source: Chicago Sun
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