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immigrant truck drivers
Coverage of immigrant truck drivers in the Nexus archive.
- Truck drivers say ‘racism’ behind Trump administration’s license restrictions on immigrants
A new rule by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) under the Trump administration has placed nearly 200,000 immigrant truck drivers at risk of losing their commercial licenses. The policy, effective since March, bars many foreign-born drivers from renewing licenses despite prior legal driving history, with lawsuits challenging the rule ongoing.