Trump administration On Tuesday, measures were taken to begin implementing a law requiring truck drivers to speak English.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was in Austin, Texas. So he signed an order directing the Department of Transport to enforce the law.
Duffy framed the move as an issue of American road safety.
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From left, Secretary of Home Affairs Dougbergham, Secretary of Transportation Shawn Duffy, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Christanoemwatch have arrived as President Donald Trump arrived at the “Takedown It Down Act” bill signing event held at the Rose Garden in Washington on Monday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“For too long, misguided policies have prioritized political correctness for American security,” Duffy said.
Under federal law, drivers must “read and speak English thoroughly to speak to the public, understand highway traffic signs and signals in English, respond to official inquiries, and create entries in reports and records.”
The move comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 28th. Ministry of Transport Include English literacy tests for truck drivers.
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The semi-truck used for transportation is parked on May 3, 2025 near the port of Otay Mesa in San Diego, California. (Photo: Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
“You may not know, but there are many communication issues between truck drivers on the road between federal officials and local officials. This is clearly a public safety risk.” “So, we ensure that truck drivers, the backbone of our economy, can all speak English. That’s a very common sense policy.”
Before 2015 there were over 99,000 drivers. English proficiency level Violation and a thousand people were not served, Duffy said.
Many of these drivers were given a “slap on the wrist,” he said.
“English is the language of opportunity in America,” the secretary said. “To ensure that drivers who cannot read stop signs or officers directed to operate a large 80,000 pound rig is a threat to the safety of all Americans on our roads.”
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on January 30, 2025 at the White House Oval Office in Washington, DC, USA. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg Getty Images)
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As they move forward, the truck drivers are taken from the service if they find out they are pulled and unable to speak English.
