US EditionWhy 200,000 Immigrant Truckers Are Losing Their Licenses
The rule affects about 200,000 immigrant truckers, roughly 5% of commercial licenses, as the administration cites vetting concerns and crash history for restrictions.
- On Monday, the Transportation Department enacted a rule that bars asylum seekers, refugees and DACA recipients from renewing commercial licenses, affecting about 200,000 immigrant truck drivers.
- Adopted after high-profile crashes last summer, the rule responds to incomplete vetting of overseas driving histories and tightened English-language enforcement, decertifying nearly 3,000 driver training centers.
- Industry data show trucks haul over 70% of U.S. freight, and transportation experts warn a smaller workforce could raise labor costs amid $4.99 per gallon diesel and nearly $1,500 per 300-gallon fill.
- A lawsuit is pending while critics challenge the rule's safety rationale, and Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., introduced legislation to revoke licenses immediately, but Congress has not voted yet.
- Jorge Rivera, a decade-long commercial trucker with a near-$200,000 loan, said "It was like a slap in the face, because I've done everything the right way," Rivera said.
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Immigrant truckers to lose driver’s licenses
What happenedThe roughly 200,000 immigrant truck drivers in the U.S. began losing their commercial driver’s licenses Monday as a new Trump administration rule took effect. The Transportation Department rule bars asylum seekers, refugees and DACA recipients from obtaining a commercial license, though those who already have a license can continue using it until it expires. Who said whatThe new rule “will weigh on the beleaguered trucking industry,…
Why 200,000 immigrant truckers are losing their licenses
About 200,000 immigrant truck drivers — virtually all of them in the U.S. legally — will begin losing their commercial driver’s licenses under a Trump administration rule taking effect Monday. The rule, which will bar many noncitizens from getting new commercial licenses or renewing existing ones, creates challenges for the trucking industry, already struggling with high fuel costs and high driver turnover, according to The Washington Post. Exis…
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