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What will happen when illegals cant drive for the Sugarcane Harvest this fall?

Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:54 am
Posted by sharkfhin
Water
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Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:54 am
Many illegals are brought here and housed without CDL's i might add during the harvest to drive semi trucks to haul sugarcane across the South as we know from Sept - Jan.

New DOT law mandates that if you cant speak English, you cant drive big trucks in the U.S. at all. Also with "America team sweep" of illegals being sent back to their countries, will these illegals that come to drive for the Sugar Mills each year even be allowed to enter country this year? Looks like the Sugar Mills gonna need drivers.
Posted by HeadCall
Member since Feb 2025
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Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:55 am to
Americans will drive the trucks
Posted by Deep Purple Haze
LA
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Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:57 am to
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:57 am to
Legal citizens will drive?
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:58 am to
They have guest worker permits and they leave after harvest. I think the trucks are exempt from typical CDL laws if used for farming. They also dont bring entire families with them. I have no problem with a guest worker program as long as they leave after harvest

Sugar lobby strong in LA
This post was edited on 7/16/25 at 11:01 am
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:59 am to
quote:

They have guest worker permits and they leave after harvest


Yep. Same with the crawfish farmers.
Posted by 94LSU
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Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:59 am to
It's not a new law it's just never been enforced.
Posted by SuperSaint
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Posted on 7/16/25 at 11:00 am to
quote:

What will happen when illegals cant drive for the Sugarcane Harvest this fall?
the roads will be safer this fall
Posted by Bubb
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 7/16/25 at 11:00 am to
Legal migrant workers that are documented.
Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
4563 posts
Posted on 7/16/25 at 11:00 am to
Then Americans can do it.
Posted by SuperSaint
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Posted on 7/16/25 at 11:01 am to
quote:

New DOT law mandates that if you cant speak English, you cant drive big trucks in the U.S. at all.
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
33781 posts
Posted on 7/16/25 at 11:02 am to
Sugarcane will rot in the fields, obvi
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 7/16/25 at 11:02 am to
Who will tow all of the shitty vehicles across the country and over the Southern border?
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
23278 posts
Posted on 7/16/25 at 11:04 am to
Is the trucking business still down from the peak a couple years ago?

What do those hispanics on special work permits get paid? From a simple cost perspective, I'm curious how much an American would cost? Everyone wants to suggest its like $2000 a day more. But what is the actual cost?

Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
49494 posts
Posted on 7/16/25 at 11:05 am to
Oh no people exploiting cheap labor will get butt fricked

Oh no oh dear
This post was edited on 7/16/25 at 11:05 am
Posted by swamptiger99
Member since Aug 2024
373 posts
Posted on 7/16/25 at 11:07 am to
Oh no, You'll have to pay a higher wage to attract American workers who live here.... instead of importing 3rd world frickwads who wreck all the time and don't leave our country.

The horror!!!
Posted by Bard
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Posted on 7/16/25 at 11:12 am to
quote:

New DOT law mandates that if you cant speak English, you cant drive big trucks in the U.S. at all.


Which should have been a law all along.

quote:

Many illegals are brought here and housed without CDL's i might add during the harvest to drive semi trucks to haul sugarcane across the South as we know from Sept - Jan.


Those mills need to get the frick fined out of them for each illegal hired, just like any business which hires illegals should get.
Posted by StrikeIndicator
inside the capital city loop.
Member since May 2019
924 posts
Posted on 7/16/25 at 11:15 am to
Switching to Sweet N Low or Stevia.
Posted by altTD
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2022
124 posts
Posted on 7/16/25 at 11:16 am to
The sugarcane farmers can’t really lose. The government is always there with a handout.
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