The Trump administration said Wednesday that it has pulled nearly 10,000 commercial truck drivers off U.S. roadways for failing to speak English sufficiently.
The boast comes as trucking companies have raised alarms about drivers being targeted by President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda.
“We’ve now knocked 9,500 truck drivers out of service for failing to speak our national language — ENGLISH!” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in an X post.
“This administration will always put you and your family’s safety first,” Duffy said.
Duffy was responding to a report by Bloomberg that detailed fallout in the trucking industry from a new language policy and other rules. ---More...