The Trump administration will immediately pause the issuance of all worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Aug. 21.
“Effective immediately we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers,” Rubio said in a post on X.
“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,” he said.
President Donald Trump has taken a series of steps to address concerns about foreign truck drivers who don’t speak English. In response to these concerns, Trump in April signed an executive order directing enforcement of a rule requiring commercial drivers in the United States to meet English-proficiency standards….