The Texas highway disaster has led to an increase in the number of dangerous foreign truckers on U.S. roads, and supporters are using legislative debates in Arkansas to uncover federal changes and launch loopholes trucking regulations.
“We are trying to make a statement to make sure the Fed does something,” he said. American Truck Driver United. Foreign truckers, including many illegal actors, are killing American drivers, cutting truck drivers' revenues and leaving businesses out of business,” he told Breitbart News.
Cargo wave explained Texas disaster on March 13th when trucks hit the back of traffic jams:
The man was arrested as authorities continue to investigate the cause of the crash that killed five people on 35 interstates in Austin, Texas on Thursday.
Authorities said the accident that occurred around 11:30pm in the southbound lane of I-35 involves 17 vehicles, including a tractor trailer carrying goods for Amazon. Five people were declared dead at the scene, including a child and a toddler. Eleven other people were taken to the hospital.
Dallas-based driver Solomun Weldekir Araya, 37, of the tractor trailer, was arrested Friday by the Austin Police Department and charged with five counts of manslaughter and two counts of addiction attack.
fox7austin.com It has been reported:
The driver was taken into custody and identified as Solomun Weldekeal Araya. The affidavit says that he spoke Tigrina, the language spoken primarily in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, but also understood and spoke English.
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An outdoor sobriety test showed that he was shaking left and right, unable to maintain his balance or focus on instructions. The officer also noticed trembling in the eyelids and determined based on test results that due to drugs or controlled substances, he did not have the usual use of mental and physical abilities to drive the car safely.
Foreign truck drivers are pushing highway accident rates, pushing Americans out of work, and pushing truck routes to pay, Everett said. The sector is constantly eager to see more new drivers as it loses so many workers and low-paid Americans each year, he said.
Many cargo brokers hire illegal aliens to deliver goods to and from US sites. Immigrants often work in groups of two or more people, allowing American drivers to cost faster than they are charged on the best pay route. He says that “labor dumping” ensures that brokers can separate Americans from good wages and jobs, and that they have gone out of business with multiple American trucking companies.
The increase in foreign drivers will be effective due to the federal decision to roll back border rules and driver safety requirements, including rules that drivers were expected to Understand English.
Many immigrants I've taken it Trucking work after being welcomed through President Joe Biden's loose border at the southern border or international airport.
“For us, the biggest problem is… there's illegal immigrants coming in and getting their licenses without doing anything,” says California-based Rhaman Dhillon. North American Punjab Truck Drivers Association. “There's no training or language. [test]there's nothing. They still get it,” he told Breitbart News.
Federal and state regulations make it easy for immigrants to obtain a commercial driver's license, he said:
You can go ahead and pass your written test in your physical California [test] It will be in California, drug tests will be conducted in California, and will go to Utah for a skill test. in [10 states],Drive tests are given by private third party companies, so those people will pass you on in the drive test by accepting money.
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There is a proposed rule creation [the federal agencies] We are now going through what we want more states to do this same because we think there is a shortage of drivers. We always say there's no shortage of drivers. The company is not taking care of drivers as it should, and therefore it is in a crisis of keeping drivers in place. So people come in and they leave the industry very quickly.
“Twelve states, including Washington, DC, are testing only for states, but there are 29 states with a combination of third-party and state tests, with 10 leaving only third-party tests.” According to On the overdrive line.
The influx of immigrants into trucking is very rapid.
For example, 2021 National Public Radio It has been reported “The Truck Transport Association in Punjab, North America estimates that Punjab Sikhs account for 20% of the country's truck drivers and controls 40% of the California industry.” NPR did not estimate stocks that are illegal immigrants or are working illegally on tourism visas.
Drivers from Eastern Europe also ride on US roads. Trucking publications, freight waves, explained Illegal driving by Eastern Europeans. One driver said he was pressured to drive for 50 hours in a row.
“Many of us in the trucking industry know that this is nothing but human trafficking, and it has been going on since the 1990s when the Berlin wall fell,” Joe Rajkovac, director of government affairs at the Western Province Trucking Association (WSTA), told FreightWaves. “Men in Eastern Europe and India were brought to some businesses with false promises of a better life and enslaved to drive trucks.”
Everett pushes federal agencies to address the issue of causes Immigrant truck driver Since 2019, he has had to lay off 450 US drivers to the Arkansas Truck Transportation Company. However, he did not advance under President Joe Biden's immigration administration. “No, there's absolutely no,” he said.
Dillon also urged Biden federal officials to address the issue. “I raised this point in front of the FMCSA. [Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration]in front of the dot [Department of Transportation]Dillon said:
I was in Biden-Harris Trucking Action Plan Committee. I met Mr. Biden. I went to the White House. We did everything we could to raise this point in front of OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Administration]in front of the Labor Bureau, “Hey, this is the biggest loophole this industry has.”
Everett is Lobbying activities The Arkansas Legislature produces the federal government to close loopholes and helps us get back to work from immigrants.
At the Capitol, he is pushing for a bill banning drivers with trucking licenses granted by countries far from Arkansas roads.
He faces rival bills sponsored by the state's powerful Arkansas trucking company. The bill passed the committee's vote on Wednesday, despite testimony showing the dangers of immigrant drivers, and could be approved by the state legislature on Thursday, March 20th.
The association's bill provides two useful features, including the ability to arrest foreign drivers who present fake qualifications. Commercial Driver License From Mexico, Everett said. But these two elements are smoke screens because the bill failed because it failed to address the core issues caused by the rise in foreign truck drivers.
To make matters worse, he said the bill changes state law and reflects federal regulations that have been snatched into businesses that support immigrant drivers and their low-paid employers. “They are currently changing Arkansas laws that only allow commercial driver licenses from the United States or Canada. They include commercial driver licenses from abroad.”
He added:
During a Transportation Commission hearing, safety experts testified that these foreign commercial drivers' licenses do not have access to databases or repository, and that US safety experts can do it. [use to] See…the driving history of these people or their background.
So why do we expand? [driving license] Mutual relationships… All background information and driver history and foreign driver licenses if you haven't made a round trip with all these drivers? So we believe it is terrible. It is hard to believe that our own American Truck Transport Association has different standards for foreign drivers than American drivers.
But the main problem lies in Washington. In Washington, lobbyists for trucking companies and retailers have helped create rules and regulations that enable immigrant drivers, minimize safety testing and narrow down the enforcement of U.S. standards on foreign drivers, he said.
For example, trucking companies can hire foreigners who will jump into the US on a B-1 visa that they believe are reserved for foreign employees taking part in training sessions or conference events. This loophole means that businesses can hire truckers from many countries, including India, and will replace Americans who otherwise deliver packages to Canada and Mexico's inbound and outbound routes.
His perspective is likely to lead to a friendly federal hearing as President Donald Trump has pledged to expel millions of illegals.
Trump worked hard to get Teamsters Union approval in 2024. The coalition did not support him, but chose not to support Vice President Kamala Harry amid grassroots pressure from truck drivers.
Trump's new Transport Secretary is Sean Duffy, a former Wisconsin native.
The trucking industry is huge. Arkansas employs approximately 100,000 people and 8.5 million people nationwide. American Truck Transport Association. Association membership includes Amazon and many other companies.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimate It had 2.2 million trucking jobs in the United States in 2023.
