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The moves are in line with the administration’s continued effort s to remove certain foreigners from the United States and bar others from entering.  \nThe immigrants targeted by the new regulation are those in the United States as asylum seekers, refugees and recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. Previous policies allowed such immigrants to obtain a so-called nondomiciled commercial driver’s license if they were authorized to work in the United States.  \n[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/trump-immigrants-trucks.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/trump-immigrants-trucks.html) 1/6  \nThe administration, citing recent fatal accidents, says these classes of immigrants can be dangerous drivers. Just like Americans, the immigrants have to go to truck driving schools and pass tests to obtain a license. And critics of the rule say the administration has not produced data showing that immigrant drivers are less safe.  \n“It doesn’t look believable to anyone in the industry when you accuse them of being unsafe,” said Al Bagiro, chief insurance officer at Cogo Insurance, a truck insurer, referring to the targeted drivers.  \nOther opponents of the new policy, which was stayed by a federal appeals court last month, say it discriminates against immigrants.  \n“The rule succeed s at perpetuating the myth that all immigrant drivers (regardless of their legal status) are unqualified or dangerous,” groups representing Sikhs in the United States argued in a legal filing opposing the rule. Around 150,000 Sikhs drive trucks in the United States.  \n“This, in turn, inflames anti-immigrant bias towards immigrant truck drivers, especially Sikh drivers,” the filing said.  \nTrucking can be a demanding job, often requiring that drivers be on the road for long periods. The job has long attracted immigrants hoping to earn a potentially substantial wage soon after arriving in the United States. Trucking companies, particularly smaller ones, have struggled financially in the last couple of years, with too many drivers chasing too little business.  \nFatal crashes involving large trucks have declined in recent years. In the 12 months through September, there were 3,632, down 15 percent from 4,292 in the same period a year earlier, according to data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the part of the Department of Transportation that regulates trucking and bus services.  \nNo studies have been conducted to show how many holders of non-domiciled licenses have been involved in crashes.  \n[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/trump-immigrants-trucks.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/trump-immigrants-trucks.html) 2/6  \nIn making the case for its crackdown, the Trump administration has highlighted fatal crashes involving semis driven by immigrants, contending that they should not have had truck driving licenses.  \nIn August, a minivan on Florida’s turnpike crashed into a truck that was, according to the state’s department of highway safety, making an illegal U-turn. Three people in the minivan died. 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