The Trump administration has been fixated on truck drivers, with President Donald Trump arguing that there should be English language requirements for people behind the wheel of commercial trucks. The administration has put regulatory pressure on trucking companies and recently threatened to withhold federal funding to Democratic states that don't comply with English requirements. While some truck drivers have praised the decision, calling it necessary for road safety, others are worried it could lead to racial profiling and other problems.
'Americans are a lot safer'
The Trump administration is taking these steps after "high-profile examples of fatal crashes involving truckers who could not speak English and did not understand all of the road signs in front of them," said Newsweek .