SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Truck drivers who aren't proficient in English apparently are experiencing leniency when driving through California.

Alfonso Millán Chávez, of the National Chamber of Freight Transportatio in Baja California, says truckers in California are only getting warnings and are not losing privileges to drive should they fail a basic English evaluation.

"Authorities in California aren't being as strict as those in Texas or New Mexico," he said.

Back in April, President Trump signed an executive order to enforce a law that mandates all truck drivers have enough English skills to understand road signs and communicate with law enforcement when north of the border.

According to Millán Chávez, drivers who are brought in for truck-safety inspections done by the California

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