Who's Really Driving America's Trucks??

Since you asked?

Shannon Everett, claims only a few blue states eased up on rules and ran with the guidance changed by, Ray Martinez in 2019, appointed by Trump. According to Department of Transportation 43 states are handing out non-domiciled CDLs based on immigration papers. So there is no 43 blue states,

Second, he gives no evidence of states easing up on testing standards. I heard this BS. I have read it on internet, but have not seen any evidence of it. Basic testing standards are set by the FMSCA and have seen no evidence of any drastic change in standards.

There should be. We should end testing in foriegn languages, We should end independent testers. But all that has been going on since the start of the CDL.

Third, he makes an illusionary point to sanctuary cities and states giving border jumpers work status. That is not true. Federal government is responsible for border jumpers and work authorization .

Fourth, a border jumper does not get 'work authorization at the point' of applying to a 'sanctuary city judge.' It is a federal program, The federal government is the only one that can give work authorization. it has nothing to do with sanctuary cities, and you don't get work authorization just by application. You have a six month waiting period.

Fifth, Arkansas appears to be one of the few states that does not issue non-domiciled CDLs. Missouri does and has given non-domiciled CDLs to immigrants. Tennessee has no non-domiciled CDL but has been giving regular CDLs to some 8,000 possible immigrants.

Six, when Ray Martinez made the guidance inviting immigrants to get CDLs in 2019, there was no need to take any training to get a CDL. That did not happen until much later in 2022.

Seven, It is very possible to get an EAD card issued and 5 days later get a non-domiciled CDL. An asylum seeker is not eligible for a EAD card until 6 months after filing an asylum claim. In that 6 months and 5 days you can easily complete a trucking school by any standards. And, you didn't even need to do that until 2022.

Eight, It Is not the 'certificate of the school' that verifies a driver can speak English. A trucking school has nothing to do with English speaking requirement. The trucking school can be entirely in any foreign language. In fact the written driving test can be in any foreign language according to the FMSCA.

Nine, the English language requirements of testing and schools has not been 'ripped away.' It has been this way since the start of CDL. If anything it has been made stricter; states used to allow all testing to be taken with a foreign language interpreters.

 

You, like so many others are conflating race with immigration status. They are not the same thing.

 

Why do the statistics you want to see have to only include grievous bodily harm or worse?

 

Who in the hell is okay with illegals driving trucks in the US? Always gotta pull the race card, diversity blah blah blah. Doesn't matter what color they are if they aren't legal or on a legal visa to work here too bad. Not sure why this is even an issue.

 

Right. Sure. Because you can see every driver in all 48 states? Got it. Eat more fish.

 

No I'm not. The point I'm trying to make is that there are immigrants don't make up 50 percent of the industry. It's still an American domiciled, white American male dominated industry. Let me make sure I get my terminology right.

 

Me either.

 

It sure reads like you are conflating race and immigration. Your graph refers to race immigration status.

And any FMSCA data on either race or immigration status should be very suspect. Since race is self reported and not defined. An immigration status is often falsely reported in order to get a CDL.

Furthermore, neither can account for the huge number of truck drivers driving in the US from across the border, both Canada and Mexico.

Nor can account for the enormous number of drivers on the road that are without CDL all together.

 

It wasn't meant to start a dialogue about race. Again, I was merely challenging the notion that 50 percent of the industry is made up of immigrants. That's not true. It just seems that way because of the obsession so many on here, as well as the current administration has over ridding the country of them. I don't really care honestly. I have no problem with them. If they're able to get a CDL, fine. I don't care. I don't find them to be any more or less risky in a truck than any other driver, regardless of where they come from. The trucking accidents section on here has plenty of accidents involving people of all backgrounds. That's all.