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Posted on 09/04/2026 2:50:32 AM PDT by texas booster
How surprised were you to learn that the person behind the wheel of that 80,000-pound tractor-trailer towering over you at a high rate of speed on the highway might be an illegal alien who neither reads nor speaks nor understands English, including rules of the road and street signs? You probably figured that someone operating that enormous, powerful, potentially dangerous, and important segment of the transportation industry has been trained in accordance with standards set by a government agency, and that a government official has verified that to be the case.
Only after social media began featuring videos of the carnage caused by foreign nationals who clearly had no business operating big rigs did the public awaken to the fact that laws intended to promote highway safety were either ineffective or not enforced or both.
How has this happened? The short answer is four levels of complete and utter government failure:
the complete and utter refusal of many states to comply with federal law; the complete and utter failure of the responsible federal agency to detect and deal with that refusal and impose the penalties the law provides; the complete and utter failure of the relevant agency’s Inspector General to detect the agency’s failure; the complete and utter absence of Congressional oversight.
More detailed answers can be found in an August 5, 2026 investigative report by FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration Reform. It is titled License to Kill: Uncovering the Anti-Borders Takeover of the National CDL Program.
FAIR’s report summarizes ten accidents, naming the driver, his country of origin, how he entered the U.S., which state granted him a commercial driver’s license (CDL), in which state the accident occurred, the names of the victims, and the current status of the driver and the charges against him.
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Six of the featured drivers are from India, five of whom are named Singh. One is a Haitian national paroled into the U.S. by the Biden administration. One is from Kyrgyzstan and entered the U.S. using the “CBP One” app, the mobile app the Biden administration’s Customs and Border Protection adapted to facilitate the entry of foreign nationals into the U.S. (The Trump administration re-adapted it to CBP Home, facilitating the self-deportation of aliens illegally in the U.S.) One is an Uzbek national granted entry into the U.S. under the Biden administration’s diversity lottery. One from China entered the U.S. illegally and was released into the U.S. by the Biden administration.
Six of these drivers had been issued their commercial driver’s licenses by the state of California. Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York each issued one of them.
It is not only the people in the state that are issued the license who are in danger from incompetent and unqualified drivers. Holders of commercial driver’s licenses issued by California killed people not only in California but also in Florida, Oregon, and Indiana. The holder of a commercial driver’s license issued by New York killed one person and injured two in Tennessee. The holder of a commercial driver’s license issued by Pennsylvania killed four people and injured one in Indiana. It was Massachusetts that issued the commercial driver’s license to the driver who killed one person in Pennsylvania. ....
Long, but packed with facts.
Americans must ask how laws intended to promote highway safety were blatantly ignored and violated long enough to enable tens of thousands of unqualified, English-illiterate foreigners to be driving 18-wheelers on our highways. In particular, voters must demand that their elected representatives explain how they permitted it to happen.
And who will hold their elected officials to task?
Yes, truck drivers make mistakes.
Far more of the truck vs smaller vehicle crashes are caused by the smaller vehicle making the first mistake.
In my former life I helped investigate hundreds of such cashes.,
No compredo...
“…did the public awaken to the fact that laws intended to promote highway safety were either ineffective or not enforced or both.“
But plenty of law was being enforced against Americans in endless constant DOT stops including charges such as “turn indicator not amber enough”.
Having driven a truck for a decade, I agree completely that small trucks and cars cause many of the big rig accidents.
No reason to let total incompetents on the road in an 80,000 lb machine that is limited to 70 hours. When they mess up, people dies and are maimed more often.
And that is the point of the article - why is the left in such a hurry to let anyone drive these trucking jobs?
That’s like saying far more child rapes are committed by heterosexuals, when heterosexuals are 95% of the population.
The fact is, these illegals are a greater danger on the road because they are not literate in English and have not been properly trained and examined.
We’ve all seen the dash camera videos of many of these illegals and their accidents. And the reports that they weren’t aware of road conditions due to their lack of being able to read signs or even respect the rules of the roads they did understand. They should not be on our roads at all.
Here's a dirty little secret: With that state issued license, proof of residence (utility bill as an example) and a social security number, you can register to vote.
The same goes for virtually every other state in the country.
You can bet that was taking place in every border state that was allowing the millions of illegals to cross over and NGO's willing to help them.
True that, but there’s probably more. IMHO another cause is that they come from cultures that are used to big rig drivers driving like they have no care about others. And they certainly don’t care about the welfare of Americans.
I wonder if that statistic is still valid, there are so many fake CDLs on the roads now.
It’s not just big rigs. I think 90% of Amazon, FedEx and a lot of UPS drivers are illegal.
I get them coming up my driveway when there’s a large drop box at the end of it with a sign that says ALL FEDEX, UPS AND AMAZON PACKAGES DELIVER HERE. Some can’t speak English, one ran off my driveway and into a tree and blocked the driveway for 6hrs waiting on a tow truck.
Useless POS.
I did some time in a big truck in the early 90’s... reading these stories and thinking what could be, reminds me of the 2 or 3 times I had to drive into NY city. I thought about how discourteous the 4 wheelers are there and thought if an 18 wheeler Jihad starts, thats gonna be the place thats starts it!!
Are we still offering (giving) the (in flight only) flying lessons for 747 commercial planes too?
Recently thought I saw Clyde, Clint Eastwood’s pet monkey, driving a container truck on I-95 south bound. A left lane bandit, probably enjoying it, hanging out the window looking back when he moved further left squeezing it.
Easy answer is that they don't care about Americans. Much of the left see America and Americans as a problem for the world. The left is full of contrarians who want to feel that they are intellectually and/or morally superior to the rest of us 'Americans'. If traditional America likes something it automatically becomes something they despise (or at least dislike and are critical of).
They can feel however they want to feel, but they don't have any right to destroy my life, or yours.
I drove I-95 through the south yesterday and saw probably a dozen 18-wheelers pulled over by police in NC, SC, and GA. All looked to be no-name trucks.
Not in VA or FL.
“Dear constituent. Thank you for your letter about [trucks]. I have sponsored very important legislation about [trucks]. Have a good day. Don’t forget to vote for me because of my very important [truck] bill. Signed, Senator Foghorn Leghorn”
I've often wondered where the Teamsters Union stands on this problem. You would have to assume they would definitely have a few words to say about this.
On a scale of 1-10 (10 being most surprised), I'm at 1.
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