Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said he would pause the issuance of worker visa for commercial trucks drivers following a crash involving Harjinder Singh, an illegal immigrant accused of killed three people in Florida in a crash. (Getty Images; U.S. Marshals Service)
Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, stated the move is "long overdue" and that commercial truck drivers should not be brought in from other nations in the first place.
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"There are legitimate questions about how qualified these foreign truck drivers are, following the horrible episode in Florida, where a non-English-speaking illegal alien who never should have been given any kind of driver's license caused the death of three people as he botched an illegal U-turn in the middle of a divided highway," Vaughan said.
Americans can't depend on trucking companies and state regulators to make sure foreign truck drivers are competent and safe, she added.
The director of the Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, Lora Ries, said it’s "about road safety and immigration integrity."
Harjinder Singh is escorted onto an airplane by Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and law enforcement on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Stockton, Calif. (Benjamin Fanjoy/AP Photo)
"Massive truck driver shortage that is driving up the prices of everything we purchase and Rubio decides to make it worse based on an anecdote. Totally absurd decision-making process though I don’t know what visas he’s even talking about ‘pausing,’" David Bier, the CATO Institute’s director of immigration studies, posted to X in disagreement with the move from Rubio.
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The Trump administration has made a series of major immigration reforms, as mass deportation efforts are underway following the Biden-era border crisis. In addition, the administration announced that it is currently reviewing millions of people with U.S. visas.
"The department’s continuous vetting includes all of the more than 55 million foreigners who currently hold valid U.S. visas," a State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Friday.
Fox News Digital's Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.
Cameron Arcand is a politics writer at Fox News Digital in Washington D.C. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand
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