President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order requiring truck drivers pass English literacy test. (Bob Riha Jr./Reuters)
Fox News' Wil Cain reported earlier in April on "The Will Cain Show" that trucking experts reported that there has been an influx of foreign-born truckers in recent years.
Cain, citing experts, reported that former President Barack Obama's administration in 2016 stopped an English requirement for drivers from being enforced, while the Biden-Harris administration in 2024 promoted an initiative that increased truck driving training opportunities for refugees, which has increased the number of foreign-born truck drivers operating in the U.S.
Trump's anticipated executive order comes after he lauded truckers during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, under his first administration, for their work delivering goods to stores as the nation locked down.
"American truckers are the foot soldiers who are really carrying us to victory," Trump said in April 2020 from the White House. "They’ve done an incredible job. We’ve had no problems. It’s been just — it’s been just great."
"Thank God for truckers," he added.
The American Flag is carried down the front stretch on the back of a Semi truck.
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The order revoked an executive order issued by former President Bill Clinton in 2000, titled "Improving Access Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency," which required federal agencies and recipients of federal funding to provide language assistance to non-English speakers.
Fox News Digital's Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
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