According to reports, the Trump administration is pausing issuance of work visas to foreign 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,” said Secretary of State Marco Rubio. A State Department spokesperson said the pause was done “to conduct a comprehensive and thorough review of screening and vetting protocols used to determine their qualifications for a U.S. visa.” The spokesperson noted that the new policy “applies to all nationalities and is not directed at any specific country.”
The Trump administration is also enforcing a requirement for truckers to be proficient in spoken and written English.
