President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday stopped issuing US visas for truck drivers after a sudden deadly accident, including an Indian driver illegally in the country, attracted national attention.
“Effective immediately we are preventing all the issuance of activist visas for commercial truck drivers,” State Secretary Marco Rubio wrote on X in the latest widespread move of the US against foreign visitors.
Why did we take this step?
According to Marco Rubio, the increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on the US roads is “endangering US life and reducing the livelihood of the American truck truck truck truck truck”.
After Rubio’s action, a truck driver was accused of killing three people on a highway in Florida, while making an illegal U-turn.
Who is Harjinder Singh?
Harjinder Singh, who is from India, allegedly entered the United States illegally from Mexico and according to federal officials, failed an English examination after the accident.
The case has gathered the attention of comprehensive media and controlled by the Republican Party of Trump by the authorities in Florida, with the Lieutenant Governor on Thursday, with the authorities in Florida, with the authorities in Florida, with the immigration agents to personally extract Boujander Singh.
The accident has participated on a political dimension as Singh obtained his commercial license in California and also lived in the West Coast State, run by rival Democratic Party and opposes Trump’s crack on immigration.
The office of California Governor Gavin Newsom replied that under Trump, the federal government had issued a work permit to Singh, demanding asylum, and California supported him in extradite.
Foreign -born truck driver in India
According to federal data, the number of foreign-born truck drivers in the US doubled from 2000 and 2021 to 720,000.
Foreign-born drivers now make 18 percent of the industry–a departure to a long-known profession with men of white, working class, but a long-known profession.
Why it hits Indian truck drivers especially
According to industry groups, India and Eastern European countries, especially Ukraine, come from Latin America, a large number of foreign-born drivers.
American truck industry, especially long-lasting goods, have seen sufficient growth in Indian-American drivers, especially from the Sikh community.
In California alone, thousands of truck drivers detect their heritage for India; There are many Sikh immigrants or descendants who are actively involved in trucking businesses, training schools, truck stops and assistant community infrastructure, Informed Los Angeles Times.
These communities have played important roles amidst prolonged drivers.
Many Indian truck drivers not only drive, but also run schools, businesses, restaurants and confidence-based facilities (such as Gurudvaras to the drivers).
24,000 truck drivers short in America
The arrival of foreign drivers has come in response to the demand. A study earlier this year by the financial company Altline said that the United States faced a shortage of 24,000 truck drivers, with the goods industry cost $ 95.5 million per week.
(With input from agencies)
