Trucking and Transportation Policy

The Trump administration is urging the Department of Transportation to adopt a rule that would tighten commercial driver’s license eligibility and effectively bar many immigrants with temporary legal status — including DACA recipients and asylum‑seekers — from driving professionally. The DOT estimates roughly 200,000 immigrant truckers could be forced out of the industry, and critics say the safety rationale, tied to several high‑profile crashes involving foreign‑born drivers, lacks evidence that the change would improve road safety.