The US government announced Thursday to suspend the issuance of visas to foreign trucks, accused of “endangering the lives of Americans” on roads in the United States. “We suspend any issuance of labor visas for commercial truck drivers with immediate effect,” said Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, on Network X.
“The growing number of foreign drivers leading to large semi -fee trucks on American roads endangers the lives of Americans and during the night the subsistence media of US truckers,” he added.
Marco Rubio did not give any figure to support this accusation, but the supporters of US President Donald Trump regularly transmit it on behalf of his “first America” policy. The Trump administration has denounced in the past that many of these foreign trucks are not expressed or bad in the English language.
Three dead in an accident with a semi -trailer
The announcement of the State Department on Thursday occurs after a road accident on August 12 in Florida, for which a semi -trailer driver in an irregular situation is accused of having caused the death of three people. The driver, of Indian origin, is accused of illegally entering the United States from Mexico. During an interview after the accident, he has failed in an examination of English skills, according to federal authorities. The Trump administration has caused the noise of this accident, accusing the authorities of the democratic states of laxity in the issue of heavyweight licenses.
“The non -application of the rules, and extremist immigration policies have changed the road transport sector in anarchy, with the consequence of the acquisition of unknown foreign drivers to maneuver vehicles of 40 tons,” said Transportation Minister Sean Duffy. Republican officials from Florida also took the case, the vice governor came to travel personally in California to extradite Harjinder Singh along with immigration police officers.
Drivers in an irregular situation in view of the Republicans
The accident took a political turn since the driver had obtained his heavyweight license in California, governed by Democrat Gavin Newsom, who opposes Donald Trump’s migration policy. The governor responded to the accusations of the republicans of the Republicans by stating that the federal state, under Donald Trump, had issued a residence permit to this driver of Indian origin, and that California had cooperated for his extradition to Florida.
Even before this accident, Republicans had foreign judgment drivers online, denouncing an increase in the number of accidents without providing evidence of a link with migrants. In June, Minister Sean Duffy had issued an imposing directive to truckers to be able to speak English.
Responding to the increase in demand, the number of drivers in the United States born abroad has more than duplicated between 2000 and 2021, reaching 720,000 according to federal official figures. More than half come from Latin America, with a growing number also from India or Eastern Europe, in particular of Ukraine, according to professional associations in the sector.
Source: BFM TV
