Posted on 11/22/2025 8:07:06 AM PST by artichokegrower
The calls started quietly — a cousin, an uncle, a longtime friend on the road — and then turned into a flood. Across California, Sikh and immigrant truckers, the very workers who keep our farms productive, our ports moving and our shelves stocked, all began telling me the same thing: I might lose my job in 60 days. I don’t know how to tell my kids. Then the messages really hit home when my husband, who has driven for years with a spotless record, told me he was worried about how our friends and family members would be allowed to keep working.
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In California to get a commercial truck driver’s license you must take a written test in ENGLISH. Then take a driving test with an examiner in which all communication is done in ENGLISH. Citizen or legal green card holder and speak English you are welcome to obtain a California commercial license. Illegal alien that does not speak English too bad for you
Allowing yourself to be arrested after you murder someone threatens your long-term freedom.
Yeah, right.
Arrest them, charge them, sentence them, imprison them, and afterwards deport them.
As part of their sentencing, they're never to return to the U.S. Period. Send a clear message to any other potential criminal who wishes to put U.S. drivers at deadly risk while committing fraud.
I like Sikhs as a culture. They should go home and apply for immigration.
Perhaps they can sikh other employment back in the Punjab.
Looking for a job? Sikh and ye shall find. (Sorry for the pun jab.)
you beat me by one minute
> “I don’t know how to tell my kids.” <
That’s an easy one. Tell them that you were wrong. You broke the law, and got caught.
Then tell them to always do the right thing from the beginning. Don’t look for shortcuts.
Let’s fix that title for accuracy:
“California’s Hiring of Unqualified Foreigners Threatens Americans.”
Oh, wow. Thats really too bad that illegal Sikhs are threatened by the law. I can’t believe what I’m reading it’s so outrageous.
“Author fails to mention the illegal alien Sikh truck driver that killed three people in a California freeway accident”
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What else would you expect from a “Bhupinder Kaur”?
There are generally three types of argument:
logos (appeal to logic):
ethos (appeal to character); and,
pathos (appeal to pity). As here. (”Women and children hit hardest!”)
Guess which one is the weakest?
“Tears dry quickly” ... unless they are for your loved ones, killed on the highway by an unqualified illegal alien long haul semi driver.
Who’s the threat now? Every last one of the illegally licensed OTR truck drivers who haven’t been caught yet, that’s who.
Hearst owns the Chron.
Nuff said.
Speaking of Hearst, from Texas, possibly a preview of coming attractions for employees at the Chron...
I think Jim is rolling over in his grave after that one.
” I can’t believe what I’m reading it’s so outrageous.”
Heard that. Somebody needs to tell the idiot that wrote this that Americans aren’t part of their jacked up caste system.
Please.
San Francisco Chronic BULL
I’m all for allowing LAWFUL residents to work in that industry provided they pass ALL of the legal requirements.
If they can’t; too bad. Go pick lettuce until you learn OUR language.
L
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