Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he's putting a pause on work visas for commercial truck drivers after a deadly accident in Florida. Rubio says the number of international truck drivers is a security risk.
"Effective immediately, we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers. The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers," Rubio tweeted.
This move comes after a truck driver living in the U.S. illegally was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide. Florida police say Harjinger Singh made an illegal U-turn on a highway, and a minivan carrying three people crashed into the truck, killing all inside.
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