{"id":70412,"date":"2025-08-22T13:24:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/u-s-freezes-visas-for-foreign-truck-drivers-sparking-alarm-in-the-industry\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T13:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:32:13","slug":"u-s-freezes-visas-for-foreign-truck-drivers-sparking-alarm-in-the-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/en\/u-s-freezes-visas-for-foreign-truck-drivers-sparking-alarm-in-the-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. freezes visas for foreign truck drivers, sparking alarm in the industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States decided Thursday to suspend the issuance of work visas to foreigners who aspire to work as commercial truck drivers on the grounds that they &#8220;endanger&#8221; the lives of citizens and the jobs of local truck drivers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The growing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. highways endangers American lives and undermines the livelihoods of American truckers,&#8221; Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on his X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecRubio\/status\/1958644528253948015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">account<\/a> in announcing the new measure.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio did not provide statistics on accidents or foreign workers in this sector and added that the new measure will take effect immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The move was announced just days after the arrest of Indian truck driver Harjinder Singh, who was charged with three counts of manslaughter following a U-turn accident in an unauthorized zone on a Florida highway last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of Donald Trump&#8217;s government used the fact to criticize the opposition because the undocumented truck driver would have obtained his license in California, a state governed by Gavin Newson, the Democrat critical of the current U.S. president, who is emerging as an electoral rival for 2028.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Trump 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