US Trucking School and Immigrant Driver Crackdown

The United States — United States Department of Transportation is initiating a nationwide crackdown on truck driving schools, threatening to revoke the certification of nearly 3,000 schools for failing to meet training standards and maintain accurate records. An additional 4,500 schools are under warning. This action follows a fatal crash caused by a driver allegedly unauthorized to be in the United States. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has threatened to withhold federal funding from states like United States — California, United States — Pennsylvania, and United States — Minnesota for non-compliance with commercial driver's license programs and has proposed new restrictions on immigrant drivers. Separately, the United States — United States Department of Homeland Security is auditing immigrant-owned trucking firms in United States — California to verify driver status. While trucking industry groups like the South Carolina Trucking Association and Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association support tightening standards, advocacy groups such as the North American Punjabi Truckers Association and UNITED SIKHS argue that qualified immigrant drivers are being unfairly targeted, leading to xenophobia and potential disruptions to the national supply chain. United States — California has already moved to revoke 17,000 commercial driver's licenses.