The Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a final rule to stop unqualified foreign nationals from securing licenses to drive commercial trucks and buses as these drivers “pose a significant safety threat to the driving public,” the department said in a Feb. 11 statement.
Under the final rule, a commercial driver’s license (CDL) will now only be eligible for H-2A, H-2B, and E-2 nonimmigrant status holders who undergo “enhanced interagency vetting,” DOT said.
Employment Authorization Documents, work permits that do not screen for transportation safety, “are no longer accepted as proof of eligibility” due to “systemic noncompliance” at State Driver’s Licensing Agencies….