The calamity of illegal semi-truck drivers on the road

 

By Susan Quinn

America has suffered many abuses from illegal aliens as they rent our homes, use up welfare benefits, dominate our schools, and commit crimes, from petty violations to murder. But the abuse continues, with deadly crashes on highways and roads across the U.S. claiming American lives; they’re ticking time bombs:

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that ‘rampant fraud’ has allowed illegal immigrants to obtain commercial driver’s licenses, putting Americans at risk as millions hit the road for the holidays.

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Duffy warned that the issue is not confined to individual states but poses a wider risk to drivers nationwide.

‘If you can’t speak English, if you haven’t gone through the proper training courses, you shouldn’t be behind the wheel of a big rig,’ Duffy said.

‘These are 80,000-pound vehicles that can be incredibly dangerous when things go wrong.’

The illegal aliens arrested so far come from several states, and Governor Gavin Newsom in California is one of the worst violators of the law. ICE established Operation Highway Sentinel in California and arrested over 100 illegal alien truck drivers, and intends to execute this plan all over the country:

Those arrested included illegal aliens from India, Mexico, Colombia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Nicaragua, Russia, Georgia, Venezuela, El Salvador and Honduras.

‘Gavin Newsom’s sanctuary state policies are costing American lives,’ ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan said. ‘His government knowingly issued thousands of CDLs to illegal aliens who had no business driving at all, let alone behind the wheel of a massive semi-truck. These drivers get their licenses, leave California, then terrorize roads all over the country.’ 

Deadly accidents are not the only tragedies that occur as a result of this fraudulent policy:

The operation targeted trucking companies in central and northern California suspected of engaging in criminal activity. The industry is widely known to law enforcement to involve criminal organizations engaged in human smuggling, labor trafficking, narcotics trafficking, cargo theft and fraud, as evidenced by multiple independent HSI, FBI and DEA investigations.

Now though, we have to fight the judiciary to remove them from the road to protect Americans: a federal court is getting in the way, having recently issued a temporary stay against a new Department of Transportation emergency rule that severely restricted which immigrants are allowed to get CDLs, saying that it was improperly written and could not be enforced.

There’s been a push in Congress to codify the rule into federal law, but until then, it’s up to the states. Thankfully, Florida has stepped in, doing what it can to ensure that these dangerous drivers are kept off the road:

The Florida AG’s office has since sued California and Washington in a Supreme Court filing to prevent both states from issuing CDLs to illegal immigrants. The lawsuit accuses the states of failing to comply with federal safety and immigration status requirements.

Let’s hope this change to the rules can be made permanent, bypassing the rogue courts, and that we will be protected from these reckless and dangerous drivers.

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