Transport Secretary Sean Dafi said on Tuesday that millions of dollars can lose federal funding in California, Washington and New Mexico, if they fail to implement English language requirements for truck drivers, Transport Secretary Sean Dafi said on Tuesday.
One investigation was started after another Malignant florida crash Including a foreign truck driver, who made an illegal utstone on August 12, found that Dafi has implemented the rules that are implemented in June after one of the three state president Trump’s executive orders. He said that the department was already reviewing how the states were implementing the rules before the accident.
If they cannot demonstrate English proficiency, truck drivers should be disqualified and Dafi said that the driver involved in the accident killing three should never have been given the license of a commercial driver due to his immigration status. But the accident is criticizing each other with governors from California and Florida and Dafi has highlighted the immigration concerns of the Trump administration in the interview.
But Dafi said on Tuesday that this is a safety issue – not a political – because truck drivers need to understand road signals and be able to communicate with law enforcement that they are doing what they are pulled or what if there is an accident.
“It’s about keeping people safe on the road. Your family, your children, your husband, your loved ones, your friends. We all use the road, and we need to make sure that people who are running big rigs – cm – can understand the signs of the road, that they are well trained,” Dafi said.
Dafi says that these state rules are not implemented
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The Transport Department said California has conducted around 34,000 inspections, which have been found at least one violations because new language standards have imposed that truck drivers need to be able to recognize road signals and read and communicate with officials in English. But only one inspection included a violation of an English language rules resulting in a driver out of service. And 23 drivers violating in other states were allowed to continue driving after inspection in California.
He cited similar figures for other states along with Washington, which detect more than 6,000 violations of safety rules during inspection, but only pulls four drivers out of service for English language violations. New Mexico has not kept any driver out of service as the rules have been effective.
Dafi said that if they do not comply with the rules within 30 days, the state will lose money from the motor carrier security aid program. Dafi stated that California could harm $ 33 million, Washington can harm $ 10.5 million and New Mexico could do $ 7 million.
The California village did not respond immediately on Tuesday.
Newsom’s office said, “It is rich. The Trump administration approved the federal work permit for the person who killed 3 people – and now they are scrambled to shift the defect after being caught. The nonsense declaration of the scene is a joke as a trump administration,” The office of the newsom said.
Florida Crash killed three people
Three people of truck driver Harjinder Singh were killed Made an illegal U-turn According to the highway patrol of Florida, on a highway. They are being held without bondage after allegations of vehicles killing and immigration violations.
A nearby Minivan slammed the trailer of Singh as he turned on a highway at a distance of about 50 miles in the north of West Palm Beach. Singh and his passengers were not injured.
Diamond R., an elected public defender at St. Lucy County. Litti said that his office was provided provisionally assigned to Singh’s case during his initial appearance on Saturday morning. The review of their finance will determine whether Litti’s office lives on the case.
Litti said that his office would focus on criminal allegations against Singh, which is considered innocent, but he would also work with a immigration lawyer to determine how the Singh’s position affects the case. After more than three decades in her situation, Litti said that she could not remember a case that attracts more attention than this.
“Unfortunately, Mr. Singh is caught in the crosshair of politics,” Litti said.
But the head of the owner-operator Independent Drivers Association Trade Group who represents small-business truck drivers praised the announcement of Dafi.
The group president Tod Spencer said, “Basic English skills are important to operate a commercial motor vehicle safely – reading road signals, following emergency instructions, and communicating with law enforcement is not optional. This month Florida shows that the deadly accident in Florida shows what is on the stake,” Tod Spencer said.
Federal officials say the truck driver was illegally in America
The Homeland Security Department has said that Singh, a native of India, was illegally in the country. So Dafi said that he should not have been given licenses of a commercial driver by Washington and California. He said that Singh should have taken out of the road to not speak English after pulling New Mexico in July as he had later failed to a test given by the dot investigators after the Florida accident.
In addition to the California Columbia district, California is one of the 19 states, issuing a license regardless of the state of immigration. Supporters say that people let people visit, visit doctors and travel safely.
But in addition, the office of Newsom said that California officials followed all the rules when it issued a license for Singh in July 2024 and at the time, the federal government confirmed that it was legally in the country. Newsom has also said that Singh received a work permit during Mr. Trump’s first term, which was disputed by Homeland Security Officers. Newsom also said that the permit was renewed in April and federal officials have not addressed it.
Florida officials have said that Singh illegally entered the US from Mexico in 2018. Republican village Ron Desantis said on Tuesday that Singh should never get a commercial driver’s license.
Desantis called the accident a “avoidable tragedy”, saying, “You are not allowed to release CDL to someone who is not legally in this country. You are not allowed to release CDL to someone who is not able to understand traffic signals,” Desantis said, calling the accident a “Pariharya tragic”.
