“Allowing illegal aliens to operate commercial trucks on our roads is reckless, dangerous, and unacceptable," says Rep. Mary Miller, who is taking up President Donald Trump's cause of barring illegal aliens from the nations' commerical trucking pool, Breitbart reported.
Republican lawmakers introduced twin bills to strip federal funds from states issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants and tighten commercial trucking rules, aiming to restore safety after deadly crashes.
Rep. Mary Miller leads the charge with Sen. Tom Cotton and others, betting that highway carnage linked to undocumented drivers will force even blue states to comply or lose transportation dollars.
Harjinder Singh, an Indian national living unlawfully in the U.S., made an illegal U-turn on a Florida highway and killed three people in the ensuing wreck.
Days later, Jashanpreet Singh, another illegal Indian migrant, plowed into vehicles on a California freeway while high on drugs. Do you agree that two tragedies in one week justify a national crackdown?
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy declared the pending laws would yank nearly 200,000 illegal foreign drivers off American roads. But there’s more behind that move.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating English proficiency requirements for truckers, a commonsense step erased in prior years. What to know: the SAFE Act from Rep. Mary Miller bars federal cash to any state handing CDLs or standard licenses to illegal aliens or withholding immigration data from feds.
“If you drive a truck in the United States, you should be able to speak English fluently,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville said. “This protects our law enforcement officers and the general public.”
The Secure Commercial Driver Licensing Act of 2025, backed by Sens. Cotton, Tuberville, Bill Hagerty and Rep. Andy Barr, doubles down on federal oversight of state CDL programs.
Here’s how we got here: sanctuary policies let states ignore immigration status for licenses, creating what critics call a ticking time bomb on interstates.
Miller’s bill demands a public compliance database so every taxpayer can track which governors play games with safety. And it’s far from over.
Opponents claim the measures punish poor migrants seeking work, yet crash statistics keep stacking against that argument.
For everyday Americans hauling kids to soccer practice, the message is clear: reckless policies already cost lives on the same roads they travel.
Lawmakers promise the funding hammer will force compliance faster than any court ruling. The next hearing could change everything.
Reckless, dangerous, and unacceptable—that opening warning from Miller now echoes from coast to coast as the highway fight accelerates.
