‘Endangering American Lives’: Trump Admin Cracks Down on Work and Journey Visas After Lethal Accident

Secretary of State Marco Rubio introduced he is placing a pause on work visas for business truck drivers after a lethal accident in Florida. Rubio says the variety of worldwide truck drivers is a safety threat.

“Effective immediately, we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers. The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers,” Rubio tweeted.

This transfer comes after a truck driver dwelling within the U.S. illegally was charged with three counts of vehicular murder. Florida police say Harjinger Singh made an unlawful U-turn on a freeway, and a minivan carrying three folks crashed into the truck, killing all inside.

The Department of Homeland Security mentioned Singh illegally entered the U.S. by means of Mexico in 2018. The Department of Transportation mentioned he obtained a daily business license within the state of Washington in 2023 and a restricted license in California in 2024. It additionally reviews that he failed an English proficiency examination.

Meanwhile, the State Department can also be reviewing 55 million foreigners who maintain U.S. journey visas, on the lookout for particular threats.

Since DHS reviews there have been 12.8 million green-card holders and three.6 million folks within the U.S. on short-term visas final yr, the 55 million determine signifies the overview would come with people who find themselves presently outdoors the U.S. who maintain multiple-entry vacationer visas.

The State Department says the primary purpose is to find folks overstaying their visas or participating in felony exercise, threats to public security, or terrorist exercise.

“We review all available information as part of our vetting, including law enforcement or immigration records or any other information that comes to light after visa issuance, indicating a potential ineligibility,” the division mentioned.

In addition, the division mentioned that it has already revoked greater than 6,000 scholar visas for overstays and different crimes, the overwhelming majority of which had been assault, driving inebriated or medicine, and help for terrorism.

About 4,000 of these 6,000 had been reportedly as a consequence of precise infractions of legal guidelines, and roughly 200 to 300 visas had been revoked for terrorism-related points.