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Well, it looks like someone in D.C. finally woke up and smelled the diesel fumes. Secretary of State Marco Rubio dropped a bombshell this week, hitting the pause button on work visas for foreign commercial truck drivers. And conservatives are popping the champagne corks, calling it a move that's "long overdue."
American roads shouldn’t be a free-for-all for unqualified drivers, especially after a horrific crash in Florida that's got everyone's blood boiling.
Rubio took to X on Thursday to lay it out plain and simple: "Effective immediately, we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers. The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers."
This all comes on the heels of a gut-wrenching incident in Florida, where an illegal immigrant from India, Harjinder Singh, allegedly plowed into three people, killing them, while behind the wheel of a big rig. How this guy even got a commercial driver's license is the million-dollar question, especially since federal investigators say he flunked English proficiency and road sign tests. Nothing screams "qualified" like not knowing what a stop sign means.
Jessica Vaughan, the no-nonsense director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, said, "There are legitimate questions about how qualified these foreign truck drivers are, following the horrible episode in Florida, where a non-English-speaking illegal alien who never should have been given any kind of driver’s license caused the death of three people as he botched an illegal U-turn in the middle of a divided highway." She's correct: trusting trucking companies and state regulators to vet these drivers is like letting a fox guard the henhouse.
Over at the Heritage Foundation, Lora Ries, director of their Border Security and Immigration Center, doubled down, saying it's "about road safety and immigration integrity." She's calling for a full audit of every foreign truck driver using a visa or employment authorization to hold a commercial license, urging DHS and the State Department to yank those benefits where they don’t belong. "This is about road safety and immigration integrity," she told Fox News Digital.
Republican attorney Mehek Cooke boiled it down to two words: "sovereignty and safety." Sounds like a campaign slogan we can all get behind.
Of course, the usual suspects on the left are clutching their pearls. David Bier, the CATO Institute's immigration dweeb, whined on X, "Massive truck driver shortage that is driving up the prices of everything we purchase and Rubio decides to make it worse based on an anecdote. Totally absurd decision-making process though I don’t know what visas he’s even talking about ‘pausing.'"
Rubio took to X on Thursday to lay it out plain and simple: "Effective immediately, we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers. The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers."
This all comes on the heels of a gut-wrenching incident in Florida, where an illegal immigrant from India, Harjinder Singh, allegedly plowed into three people, killing them, while behind the wheel of a big rig. How this guy even got a commercial driver's license is the million-dollar question, especially since federal investigators say he flunked English proficiency and road sign tests. Nothing screams "qualified" like not knowing what a stop sign means.
Jessica Vaughan, the no-nonsense director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, said, "There are legitimate questions about how qualified these foreign truck drivers are, following the horrible episode in Florida, where a non-English-speaking illegal alien who never should have been given any kind of driver’s license caused the death of three people as he botched an illegal U-turn in the middle of a divided highway." She's correct: trusting trucking companies and state regulators to vet these drivers is like letting a fox guard the henhouse.
Over at the Heritage Foundation, Lora Ries, director of their Border Security and Immigration Center, doubled down, saying it's "about road safety and immigration integrity." She's calling for a full audit of every foreign truck driver using a visa or employment authorization to hold a commercial license, urging DHS and the State Department to yank those benefits where they don’t belong. "This is about road safety and immigration integrity," she told Fox News Digital.
Republican attorney Mehek Cooke boiled it down to two words: "sovereignty and safety." Sounds like a campaign slogan we can all get behind.
Of course, the usual suspects on the left are clutching their pearls. David Bier, the CATO Institute's immigration dweeb, whined on X, "Massive truck driver shortage that is driving up the prices of everything we purchase and Rubio decides to make it worse based on an anecdote. Totally absurd decision-making process though I don’t know what visas he’s even talking about ‘pausing.'"
Oh, David, give us a break. Three dead Americans isn't an "anecdote," it's a tragedy that could've been prevented. Maybe take a break from your ivory tower and talk to the families who lost loved ones.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is in full-on cleanup mode, tackling the Biden-era border mess with mass deportation efforts and a deep dive into the 55 million foreigners holding U.S. visas. A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "The department’s continuous vetting includes all of the more than 55 million foreigners who currently hold valid U.S. visas."
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is in full-on cleanup mode, tackling the Biden-era border mess with mass deportation efforts and a deep dive into the 55 million foreigners holding U.S. visas. A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "The department’s continuous vetting includes all of the more than 55 million foreigners who currently hold valid U.S. visas."
Rubio's move isn't just a policy shift; it's a signal that America is done playing fast and loose with its borders and its safety. Florida's Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins, who was on Fox & Friends Weekend discussing the Singh case, is probably nodding in approval right now.
As for where this case goes next, hopefully, straight to justice, and a long, hard look at how we let this guy behind the wheel in the first place.
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