Trump fraud task force/DOT shutting down trucking schools giving illegals licenses

Somehow, the leftists will find a way to bitch about this.

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Makes zero sense to have illegals or those on visas driving trucks. That’s a good job for Americans

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What are the odds the whole “Americans won’t do those jobs” campaign was pure fricking bullshite?

unfortunately, took people dying from these truckers to get something done.

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What are the odds the whole “Americans won’t do those jobs” campaign was pure fricking bullshite?

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I don't think trucking was included in that.

I believe many of these operations are Sikh-based and they've intentionally taken over large operations of long-haul trucking. They were just using loopholes and fraud to lower costs.

2019 LAT: Sikh drivers are transforming U.S. trucking. Take a ride along the Punjabi American highway

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There are 3.5 million truckers in the United States. California has 138,000, the second-most after Texas. Nearly half of those in California are immigrants, most from Mexico or Central America. But as drivers age toward retirement — the average American trucker is 55 — and a shortage grows, Sikh immigrants and their kids are increasingly taking up the job.

Estimates of the number of Sikh truckers vary. In California alone, tens of thousands of truckers trace their heritage to India. The state is home to half of the Sikhs in the U.S. — members of a monotheistic faith with origins in 15th century India whose followers are best recognized by the uncut hair and turbans many men wear. At Sikh temples in Sacramento, Fresno, Bakersfield and Riverside, the majority of worshipers are truck drivers and their families.

Over the last decade, Indian Americans have launched trucking schools, truck companies, truck washes, trucker temples and no-frills Indian restaurants modeled after truck stops back home, where Sikhs from the state of Punjab dominate the industry.

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This is similar to Patels (not being racist, literally people named Patel) targeting hotels years ago and expanding operations over time.