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The U.S. volition halt issuing idiosyncratic visas for commercialized motortruck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Thursday. He said the alteration was effectual immediately.
"The expanding fig of overseas drivers operating ample tractor-trailer trucks connected U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers," Rubio wrote successful a station connected X.
A State Department spokesperson said aboriginal Thursday the intermission was done "in bid to behaviour a broad and thorough reappraisal of screening and vetting protocols utilized to find their qualifications for a U.S. visa."
The spokesperson noted it "applies to each nationalities and is not directed astatine immoderate circumstantial country."
The Trump medication successful the past months has taken steps to enforce the request that truckers speak and read English proficiently. The Transportation Department said the purpose is to amended roadworthy information pursuing incidents successful which drivers' quality to work signs oregon talk English whitethorn person contributed to postulation deaths.
"As we person seen with caller deadly accidents, overseas truckers tin airs risks to American lives, U.S. nationalist security, and overseas argumentation interests," the State Department spokesperson said. "Ensuring that each operator connected our roads meets the highest standards is important to protecting the livelihoods of American truckers and maintaining a secure, resilient proviso chain."
The determination comes amid a commercialized motortruck operator shortage in the U.S. According to the American Trucking Association, a commercialized group, the manufacture is facing a shortage of astir 60,000 drivers.
Meanwhile, the Trump medication besides said Thursday it is reviewing much than 55 cardinal radical who person valid U.S. visas for immoderate violations that could pb to deportation.
In a written reply to a question from the Associated Press, the State Department said each U.S. visa holders, which tin see tourists from galore countries, are taxable to "continuous vetting," with an oculus toward immoderate denotation they could beryllium ineligible for support to participate oregon enactment successful the United States.
Should specified accusation beryllium found, the visa volition beryllium revoked, and if the visa holder is successful the U.S., helium oregon she would beryllium taxable to deportation.
Since President Trump took office, his medication has focused connected deporting migrants illegally successful the U.S. as good arsenic holders of student and visitant speech visas. The State Department's caller connection suggests that the continual vetting process, which officials admit is time-consuming, is acold much wide and could mean adjacent those approved to beryllium successful the U.S. could abruptly spot those permissions revoked.
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