Ohio plans to review about 5,000 non-domiciled CDLs, adding to a nationwide compliance effort affecting foreign commercial drivers.
A report found major gaps in Ontario, Canada’s commercial truck driver training enforcement, prompting renewed calls for tougher audits and licensing reforms.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Florida’s effort to sue California and Washington over commercial driver licenses issued to undocumented immigrants.
The Texas Attorney General’s Office is investigating CDL training programs while also challenging supplier diversity policies at CVS Health.
Rob Carpenter breaks down what it was like working with 60 Minutes on their explosive segment about chameleon carriers and the Super Ego network.
Josh Brecheen advocated for a national expansion of a program that empowers local law enforcement to assist ICE in removing non-citizen truck drivers from the road.
During his state of the union speech, President Trump urged passing of “Dalilah Law” barring states from issuing CDLs to illegal aliens.
FMCSA will be taking more action against foreign drivers and fraudulent carriers, including tighter test restrictions and securing the carrier registration process.
New federal guidelines enforce strict 48-hour document deadlines – including weekends – to purge unvetted foreign drivers.
DOT is purging over 550 “CDL mills” from the national registry after investigators exposed widespread violations and fraudulent training practices.
The FMCSA has warned Illinois to fix its non-domiciled CDL program or face decertification and the loss of up to $128.6 million in federal highway funds.
FMCSA has finalized strict new non-domiciled CDL standards, initiating a five-year staggered phase-out for an estimated 200,000 drivers affected by the new rule.
The question people always ask is, “Where did they get the money to grow to 500 trucks?” It’s all in the model, and it’s often rinse, reuse, repeat.
A Mexican licencia federal de conductor can be obtained without a behind-the-wheel road test. Third-party brokers advertise mail-order processing for as little as $200. Under existing reciprocity agreements, that license can be converted to an American CDL in states that accept foreign credentials, and at least six of those states have been flagged by FMCSA for failing to verify the legal presence of non-domiciled applicants.
A truck driver licensing overhaul has moved to OMB for final review, signaling an imminent end to regulatory limbo for nearly 200,000 foreign-domiciled truckers.
On Tuesday afternoon, a 30-year-old truck driver from Philadelphia named Bekzhan Beishekeev failed to stop for slowed traffic on State Road 67 in Jay County, Indiana. He swerved into oncoming traffic and killed four Amish men from the Bryant community: Henry Eicher, 58, his sons Menno, 33, and Paul, 31, and Simon Schwartz, 22.
FMCSA clarifies that while most English proficiency failures now trigger out-of-service orders, truck drivers in designated border zones will be allowed to continue their routes.
A proposed bill in Arizona would allow police to arrest truck drivers found using falsified commercial driver’s licenses and seize tractors.
Regulators are pursuing a three-year extension for a non-domiciled CDL data collection despite legal challenges, citing a need for federal oversight.
The Florida Senate Transportation Committee voted 6-3 on Tuesday to advance legislation requiring law enforcement to detain commercial truck drivers in the country illegally, impound their vehicles, fine owners $50,000, and ban the carrier from operating in the state. This is the tip of the spear now aimed at CDL programs nationwide.
