Federal officials have announced a nationwide crackdown on fraud in the trucking industry involving licenses for drivers without English proficiency.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Monday the emergency shutdown of 110 driving schools associated with thousands of drivers who failed to meet federal English requirements receiving commercial drivers licenses.
The U.S. Department of Justice also announced a task force to focus on highway safety.
The enforcement effort also includes South Florida, where agencies are increasing scrutiny of commercial driver license schools and testing programs.
In the past year-and-a-half, the U.S. Department of Transportation has knocked over 28,000 drivers off roadways for failing to speak English, and forced states to cancel over 30,000 licenses illegally issued to foreign drivers, officials said.
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An investigation was launched following a crash in Florida last year involving a truck driver who the Department of Homeland Security said was in the country illegally.
The driver, Harjinder Singh, a native of India, made an illegal U-turn on the Florida’s Turnpike in Fort Pierce that killed three people, officials said.
Singh was arrested on vehicular homicide charges.
Officials said Singh had been granted a commercial driver’s license by Washington and California, and the crash launched a war of words between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsome.
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