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Administration pulls 9500 truckers off the road-can't speak English
Posted on 12/11/25 at 6:53 am
Posted on 12/11/25 at 6:53 am
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“We’ve now knocked 9,500 truck drivers out of service for failing to speak our national language — ENGLISH!” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in an X post.
“This administration will always put you and your family’s safety first,” Duffy said.
Duffy was responding to a report by Bloomberg that detailed fallout in the trucking industry from a new language policy and other rules.
The industry – which was already grappling with declining freight volumes and rising overheads – is bracing for a significant drop in the supply of drivers because of the federal government’s enforcement actions, Bloomberg reported.
Trump signed an executive order in early March designating English as the country’s official language.
In April, the president signed another order directing Duffy to ensure that commercial truck drivers who fail to meet English proficiency requirements are taken out of service.
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Texas and Wyoming have seen the largest number of drivers out of the more than 9,500 who have been pulled from the road, Bloomberg reported.
Well, it's a start. Tx. number is logical but what the hell is going on in Wyoming
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Posted on 12/11/25 at 6:55 am to bigjoe1
Let’s train Americans to do these jobs. Heck, let’s offer classes to high school seniors!! They graduate with their CDL and go to work making good money
Posted on 12/11/25 at 6:58 am to bigjoe1
I would think concerning oil patch work mostly
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:00 am to HangmanPage1
Good. At some point you have to protect American jobs.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:02 am to Nosevens
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I would think concerning oil patch work mostly
Didn't think about that.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:04 am to HangmanPage1
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Heck, let’s offer classes to high school seniors!! They graduate with their CDL and go to work making good money
Hell yeah!
Another opportunity for good jobs once you purge the illegals.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:06 am to bigjoe1
This is good and bad. Good for those of us in the business because with less supply, rates for freight will go up and transporters will make more money. Bad for consumers who will now see the price of goods go up due to transportation costs going up.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:09 am to HangmanPage1
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Let’s train Americans to do these jobs. Heck, let’s offer classes to high school seniors!! They graduate with their CDL and go to work making good money.
This. We're sending too many kids to college who aren't college material so they end up with some useless degree (if they actually graduate) in tons of unnecessary debt.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:14 am to Aubie Spr96
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Bad for consumers who will now see the price of goods go up due to transportation costs going up.
Moar cheap illegal foreign labor!
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:20 am to bigjoe1
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The industry – which was already grappling with declining freight volumes and rising overheads – is bracing for a significant drop in the supply of drivers because of the federal government’s enforcement actions, Bloomberg reported.
So - more high paying jobs for actual Americans?
Sounds great
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:23 am to SloaneRanger
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Moar cheap illegal foreign labor!
Call it whatever you’d like, but this is math. Rates will go up, prices of goods will go up accordingly. That’s not a controversial take.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:27 am to Aubie Spr96
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Call it whatever you’d like, but this is math.
Conservatives
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:29 am to Aubie Spr96
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Call it whatever you’d like, but this is math. Rates will go up, prices of goods will go up accordingly.
Yeah, I know. That’s always the excuse isn’t it. Just keep fricking over American workers and the American people generally. To say nothing of all the people being killed by these sorry foreign drivers.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:33 am to Aubie Spr96
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Bad for consumers who will now see the price of goods go up due to transportation costs going up.
"It's fine as long as it's not MY job"
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:39 am to Aubie Spr96
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Call it whatever you’d like, but this is math. Rates will go up, prices of goods will go up accordingly. That’s not a controversial take.
You're right near term it's a supply and demand issue.
That's why its important to start getting Americans trained for these jobs.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:39 am to bigjoe1
Back in April I came up on an overturned tractor trailer. It was midnight on I-79 in Greene County PA which if you know the area is the middle of nowhere. I didn't see anyone else stopped so I stopped and called 911.
Quickly 2 other guys came and when we were trying to get the driver out of the cab he didn't want to get out. We told him he was leaking fuel so he needed to get out. He eventually agreed. Said he lost his wallet in the wreck. He spoke broken English, didn't look older than 25, looked Arabic and said he was from Russia. Once the EMT guys showed up and we told them what he said they joked he didn't want to come out because he's going to get sent back.
Quickly 2 other guys came and when we were trying to get the driver out of the cab he didn't want to get out. We told him he was leaking fuel so he needed to get out. He eventually agreed. Said he lost his wallet in the wreck. He spoke broken English, didn't look older than 25, looked Arabic and said he was from Russia. Once the EMT guys showed up and we told them what he said they joked he didn't want to come out because he's going to get sent back.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:48 am to bigjoe1
Let me know who signs up? Idk any kid today wanting to be a truck driver with long hours and little family time. Heck I can’t even get an 18 year old to work at all.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:52 am to Aubie Spr96
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This is good and bad. Good for those of us in the business because with less supply, rates for freight will go up and transporters will make more money. Bad for consumers who will now see the price of goods go up due to transportation costs going up.
I see constant posts on social media, probably foreign bots, complaining about Gen Z having no jobs and starting out $50k in debt because of college.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:54 am to bigjoe1
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The industry – which was already grappling with declining freight volumes and rising overheads – is bracing for a significant drop in the supply of drivers because of the federal government’s enforcement actions, Bloomberg reported.
Bloomberg is an idiot. Literally gives reasons that show you need fewer drivers, while trying to convince you that fewer drivers is gonna be a horrible thing.
And most Americans would read that and not even notice
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:55 am to BigEasy92
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Let me know who signs up? Idk any kid today wanting to be a truck driver with long hours and little family time. Heck I can’t even get an 18 year old to work at all.
That’s why you drive when young, build up experience in the industry and open your own company hiring drivers.
This would be better for your 18 year old than failing out of college and working at Canes or Starbucks.
This post was edited on 12/11/25 at 7:57 am
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