""Licenses to operate a massive, 80,000-pound truck are being issued to dangerous foreign drivers - often times (sic) illegally. This is a direct threat to the safety of every family on the road,""
""California's reckless disregard is frankly disgusting and an affront to the millions of Americans who expect us to keep them safe.""
""Sounds like the federal Secretary of Transportation needs a lesson on his own road rules,""
""Once again, the Sean 'Road Rules' Duffy fails to share the truth - spreading easily disproven falsehoods in a sad and desperate attempt to please his 'dear leader,'""
New federal regulations bar refugees, asylum seekers and DACA recipients from holding commercial trucking licenses and increase enforcement against drivers with limited English proficiency. California currently has more than 720,000 active commercial licenses, and about 8 percent—roughly 61,000—belong to affected immigrant groups. The removal of those drivers would shrink the state’s trucking workforce, worsen supply-chain and labor shortages, and likely increase shipping costs for consumers. The changes follow a presidential executive order and heightened federal enforcement. The policy has prompted a public dispute between the U.S. Transportation Secretary and California’s governor and press office.
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