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The United States suspended visas to foreign truck drivers

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(Washington) The US government announced Thursday to suspend the issuance of visas to foreign road drivers. Meanwhile, accused of “endangering the life of Americans” on roads in the United States. Similarly,

Posted at 6:19 p.m. Updated at 7:51 p.m.

“We suspend any issuance of work visas for commercial truck drivers with immediate effect. Therefore, ” said Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, on network X. For example,

“The growing number of foreign drivers leading to large semi-trailer trucks on American roads endangers the lives of Americans. Meanwhile, overnight the means of subsistence of American united states suspended visas foreign truckers,” he added. Furthermore,

He did not give any figure to support this accusation. Meanwhile, but it is regularly relayed by the supporters of the American president Donald Trump in the name of his policy of “America first”. Furthermore,

The Trump administration has denounced in the past that many of these foreign truck drivers are not expressed. Therefore, bad in the English language.

The announcement of the State Department Thursday comes after a road accident on August 12 in Florida. for which a semi-trailer driver in an irregular situation is accused of having caused the death of three people.

The driver, of Indian origin, is accused of illegally entered the United States from Mexico. During an interview after the accident, he has failed an examination of united states suspended visas foreign skills in English, according to the federal authorities.

The Trump administration has caused the noise of this accident. accusing the authorities of Democratic States of laxity in issuing heavyweight licenses.

“The non-application of the rules. and extremist immigration policies have changed the road transport sector in anarchy, with the consequence of the acquisition by unqualified foreign drivers as a license to maneuver 40-ton vehicles,” said the Minister of Transport, Sean Duffy in a statement.

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Florida Republican officials also seized the case. the vice-governor going so far as to travel personally in California to extradite Harjinder Singh alongside immigration police officers.

The accident took a political turn since the driver had obtained his heavyweight license in California. governed by the Democrat Gavin united states suspended visas foreign Newsom, who opposes Donald Trump’s migration policy.

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Photo Godofredo A. Vásquez. Associated Press

The Governor of California, Gavin Newsom

The governor responded to the accusations of laxity from the Republicans by declaring that the federal state, under Donald Trump, had issued a residence permit to this driver of Indian origin, and that California had cooperated for his extradition to Florida.

Even before this accident. the Republicans had foreign trial drivers online in sight, denouncing an increase in the number of accidents without providing evidence of a link with migrants.

In June, Minister united states suspended visas foreign Sean Duffy had issued a directive imposing on truck drivers to be able to speak English.

Responding to increased demand. the number of drivers in the United States born abroad has more than doubled between 2000 and 2021, reaching 720,000 according to federal official figures.

More than half come from Latin America. with an increasing number also from India or Eastern Europe, in particular from Ukraine, according to professional associations in the sector.

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A Miami marine reporter, Delaney maps coral-reef heartbreaks with watercolor sketches and policy sidebars.
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