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The Trump administration is cleaning house on America’s highways, canceling more than 28,000 commercial driver’s licenses held by non-citizens who can’t even speak or read English proficiently. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced the crackdown this week, revealing that officials worked with states to shut down 9,500 driving schools that had been putting dangerous, unqualified drivers behind the wheels of 18-wheelers. How many American families have paid the price for this negligence? Too many, according to Secretary Mullin, who called out the ‘completely avoidable accidents’ that have claimed lives because illegal aliens were granted licenses to operate massive commercial vehicles. But the administration isn’t just removing the problem—they’re replacing it with a solution that puts Americans first. Trump’s new ‘Freedom Haul’ initiative will fast-track military veterans into these trucking jobs, automatically qualifying anyone who’s driven heavy trucks for the military to receive a commercial license within two years of their service ending. It’s a masterstroke of policy that solves two problems at once: getting unqualified illegal drivers off our roads while giving our veterans meaningful employment opportunities. This is what putting America first actually looks like in practice. The left will surely cry about the 28,000 truckers suddenly unavailable to deliver goods, but since when did we prioritize cheap foreign labor over American safety? Veterans have served this country; they deserve these jobs far more than people who entered the country illegally and can’t even read road signs in English. Trump’s whole-of-government approach to this issue shows what happens when you have leaders who actually care about enforcing the law and protecting citizens.
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