American truckers are cheering the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal migrant drivers as not only a means to make highways safer, but also as a step to raking in more cash in markets long known for profiting off cheap foreign labor.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has rattled the trucking industry with nationwide orders, such as tougher English proficiency standards and drastic restrictions on foreign commercial drivers. The changes followed a string of horrific accidents caused by illegal migrants who managed to score commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) from various states.
“I’ve definitely noticed some rates going up,” Ilya Denisenko, the owner and operator of ICV Express, said to the Daily Caller News Foundation. Just days earlier, Denisenko was easily able to negotiate a load — originally posted for $1,000 — up to $1,900.
“Without me even speaking to someone, they approved $1,900,” he explained. “That’s almost double of what they had originally posted for, and I would say the normal rate for that lane was about maybe $1,500 to $1,600, and I automatically got $1,900.”
There are roughly 3.5 million truck drivers who carry a commercial driver’s license (CDL) in the United States, according to the American Trucking Associations. Industry experts estimate that around 200,000 of them carry non-domiciled CDLs — these are commercial licenses issued by state governments to individuals who are not residents of that state, typically applying to foreign nationals.
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Another great example of "jobs Americans don't want to do" with the unspoken follow-up "for ridiculously low wages". I get to drive past one of the busiest ports in the country daily and the shit I see with lines of truckers is unbelievable. There's almost daily carnage and those of us in regular vehicles are risking life and limb on a minute by minute basis. Please, MORE of this. Get rid of the unskilled, untrained, and unsafe drivers. Pay fair wages.
ReplyDeleteAmen. Deport them all and in the meantime, get the bastards off the road and out of our elections.
DeleteBe safe Don.