{"id":58334,"date":"2025-08-21T21:02:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T01:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=58334"},"modified":"2025-08-21T21:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T01:02:22","slug":"u-s-halts-truck-driver-visas-after-florida-crash-involving-foreign-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/u-s-halts-truck-driver-visas-after-florida-crash-involving-foreign-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. halts truck driver visas after Florida crash involving foreign driver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The U.S. government has suspended the issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers and announced new enforcement measures following a deadly highway crash in Florida, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said<\/a> Thursday that visas for truck drivers are being paused \u201ceffective immediately,\u201d citing an increase in foreign drivers on U.S. roads. He said the trend was \u201cendangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the trucking sector has become a \u201clawless frontier\u201d under previous policies and stated that operators must be able to speak and read English or risk being put out of service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t understand the language, you can\u2019t understand the laws,\u201d Duffy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Reuters<\/a>, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has opened an investigation into a Florida crash that killed three people and was recorded on the truck\u2019s dashcam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities said the driver, Harjinder Singh, was an Indian national who did not speak English and was not authorized to be in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singh was accused of attempting an illegal U-turn through an \u201cOfficial Use Only\u201d access point, blocking traffic and causing a collision with a minivan that left three people dead. Singh has been charged with three counts of vehicular homicide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. government has suspended the issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers and announced new enforcement measures following a deadly highway crash in Florida, officials said. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that visas for truck drivers are being paused \u201ceffective immediately,\u201d citing an increase in foreign drivers on U.S. roads. 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