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America is finally hearing the blunt truth from the Department of Homeland Security: letting people who are not authorized to be in this country obtain commercial driver’s licenses and operate massive 18-wheelers is “incredibly dangerous” to public safety, plain and simple. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin warned that these failures are putting every motorist — especially families and children — at risk, and her words should shake complacent politicians awake.
We’ve seen the consequences with our own eyes: on June 20, 2024 a California multi-vehicle pileup left five-year-old Dalilah in critical condition after an 18-wheeler plowed into her family’s car, a crash later tied to a driver who had obtained a state-issued commercial license despite being in the country without authorization. This is not hypothetical rhetoric — it is the ruined life of a little girl and the lifelong scars her family must now carry because bureaucracy and bad policy put an unvetted driver behind the wheel.
Federal agents have also uncovered jaw-dropping paperwork failures, including a recent arrest of a man driving an 18-wheeler with a New York commercial license issued to the name “No Name Given Anmol,” an embarrassing sign that some states aren’t even verifying basic identity and immigration status before handing out licenses. When states act like open dispensaries of commercial credentials, they aren’t just making political statements — they’re creating public-safety disasters on our highways.
This tragic pattern has forced federal action: the Department of Transportation and DHS are tightening rules and auditing state licensing after a string of deadly crashes involving drivers who shouldn’t have been behind the wheel, a sober reminder that federal oversight becomes necessary when states refuse to do their jobs. The American people expect their elected officials to protect children, not to posture for headlines while families suffer the consequences of lawlessness.
Enough of the virtue-signaling from governors and sanctuary politicians who prioritize ideology over safety; accountability starts with ending catch-and-release, enforcing immigration laws, and making sure every CDL applicant’s identity and legal status are verified before they haul hazardous loads across our roads. Programs like 287(g) that let local law enforcement partner with ICE to remove dangerous drivers are part of the solution and deserve support, not scorn.
Hardworking American families and honest truckers deserve better than a system that rewards softness on the border and lax state licensing with tragedy. Congress, state officials, and the Department of Homeland Security must act now to secure our borders, tighten commercial licensing, and restore the basic rule of law so that parents can drive their children to school without fearing for their lives.
