The article discusses Donald Trump's recent executive order mandating English proficiency for truckers, a move criticized for being discriminatory against immigrant drivers. Drawing from personal anecdotes, the author highlights how truckers like his father, who have supported families through their work, are being unfairly targeted. While proponents argue this is necessary for road safety, the article contends that blaming immigrant truckers for rising accident rates is misguided and reflects ongoing xenophobia, as evidenced by Trump's previous similar actions against immigrants.
"Why does that crazy man want to do this?" he asked me over the phone in Spanish before answering his own question. "It's because [Trump has] always had a lack of respect for the immigrant. We truckers don't deserve this."
Trump's order calls for the enforcement of an existing requirement that truckers be proficient in English, overturning a 2016 policy that inspectors shouldn't cite or suspend troqueros.
Conservatives have long tied that Obama-era action and the rise of immigrant truckers... to a marked increase in fatal accidents over the last decade.
The English-for-truckers push has particularly angered me, though. Presuming that a more-diverse trucking industry is the main culprit behind the increase in fatal truck accidents is flawed.
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