'200,000 Immigrant Truck Drivers Are Officially Losing Their CDLs Which Will Almost Certainly Make Everything Even More

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Expensive'

"President Donald Trump has scored another victory for himself and his base that is sure to hurt people of color and those who were already struggling to afford daily necessities. About 200,000 immigrant truck drivers are losing their commercial driver's licenses, thanks to a new rule from the Trump administration that takes effect March 16. It's sure to put the already-struggling trucking industry in an even more dire situation as energy costs surge thanks to the President's ill-advised war with Iran that he cosigned with Israel. Things are bleak, friends."

"The rule is just about as nonsensical as nonsensical gets. It bars immigrants who are asylum seekers, refugees or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients from obtaining a CDL, according to The Washington Post. That's right, people who are here legally are barred from getting a license to drive a semi-truck because of, well, racism. Those who currently have a valid CDL will lose their privileges as their licenses expire, not immediately."

"The Trump administration will point to high-profile fatal crashes involving immigrant truck drivers last summer as a reason for the ban, but that's really a load of dogshit at the end of the day. Show me one immigrant-related (legal status be damned) truck crash, and I'm sure there are dozens — if not hundreds or thousands — of REAL PATRIOT truck drivers who have done something similar on the road. In a vile statement, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, 'For far too long, America has allowed dangerous foreign drivers to abuse our truck licensing systems — wreaking havoc on our roadways.' Of course, a lawyer who is leading a lawsuit against the rule contends that even the Trump administration has conceded that there's no empirical relationship between a person's nationality and their safety behind the wheel."

"Those 200,000 drivers make up about 5% of all commercial vehicle licenses, according to The Washington Post. Because of long hours, low pay, dangerous road conditions and extended periods away from home, there's a ton of turnover in the industry. As Americans leave, immigrants have moved in and found worsening working conditions and deregulation."

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https://www.jalopnik.com/2124697/immigrant-truck-drivers-losing-cdls-expensive/

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1. Together with $5/gal +++ diesel & prices will skyrocket

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2. I really hate these bigoted billionaires.

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3. Where do we get 200,000 new truck drivers?

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5. 13% recent college grad unempl

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4. I support American workers

Overwhelmingly Black and Hispanic Americans are over represented in the industry, so if you are supporting US truck drivers, you are supporting people of color. I personally don't care about someone's ethnicity, but I do strongly support American workers. The Democratic Party is for the little guy and driving a truck is one way a person can make a living in America.

When there are more jobs than workers, incomes and working conditions improve, it's very very basic economics, supply, and demand. Of course anyone is free to support large corporations abusing workers, free country and all, but myself, I'll always support the blue collar worker trying to support himself, and increasingly herself.