White House wants veterans to replace immigrant truckers who lost their licenses in crackdown
The campaign will promote CDL waivers and training paths for veterans as officials say 40,000 have already used the program.
- The Trump administration wants veterans who recently drove large military vehicles to become truck drivers, skipping required skills tests for commercial drivers licenses.
- About 26,000 drivers were pulled off the road for failing to demonstrate English proficiency, and 30,000 commercial licenses were canceled for being issued illegally.
- The federal government plans to restrict which immigrants can qualify for commercial drivers licenses and require them to take the test in English.
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Freedom Haulers campaign facilitates access by military and veterans to the commercial driving licence while GI Bill program will fully bear the costs of training the military. Immigrants represent 20% of truck drivers in the US and US Secretary of Transport admitted goal to drive away dangerous foreign drivers.
Trump Boots Deadly Illegal-Alien Truckers, Puts American Veterans Behind the Wheel
In this RedState article, Ben Smith details how President Trump has cleared tens of thousands of dangerous and improperly licensed foreign truck drivers from American highways and is now recruiting military veterans to replace them through a new “Freedom Haulers” initiative. The administration’s crackdown has already pulled approximately 26,000 drivers off the road for failing...
Trump urges veterans to become truck drivers after 56,000 truckers pulled off roads – UK Times
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military to help replace the tens of thousands of immigrant drivers who lost their licenses in a crackdown this year. A new campaign launched Friday will promote programs that …
White House wants veterans to replace immigrant truckers who lost their licenses in crackdown - Boston News, Weather, Sports
The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military to help replace the tens of thousands of immigrant drivers...
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