WASHINGTON

What happens when rules designed to ensure public safety fray so much that undocumented residents can obtain commercial drivers licenses for big rigs, even if they are not qualified to drive them and do not speak English?

In 2025, Americans saw the danger of allowing unvetted migrants to drive big rigs without obtaining bona fide commercial driver’s licenses, often thanks to what Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy calls “scam schools.”

In November, an illegal immigrant with a California commercial driver’s license was charged with killing a newlywed couple in Oregon.

In October, an immigrant truck driver who had been in the United States illegally since 2011 allegedly caused a fatal accident. He did not hold a valid CDL, the New York Post reported.

In August, three people

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