Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is launching a new tipline for Americans to report suspected commercial driver’s license (CDL) fraud as the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on unqualified truckers following a series of deadly crashes involving illegal immigrants.
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations announced the official CDL fraud tipline Tuesday, Fox News Digital learned.
Americans can report suspected fraud by calling 866-347-2423.
The new tipline comes as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) have expanded efforts to identify illegal immigrants and other unqualified drivers operating commercial vehicles on American roads.
DHS pointed Fox News Digital to cases involving illegal immigrants who received CDLs from states including California, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania before later being involved in fatal crashes or arrested in connection with other alleged crimes.
“Too many American lives have been lost or permanently changed because illegal aliens who have no business being on our roads have been granted CDLs,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.
“ICE and our federal partners, including the Department of Transportation, will be cracking down on CDL fraud so that not one more American life is lost to a reckless illegal alien behind the wheel of a semi-truck. You can help save American lives and make our roads safer by dialing ICE’s new CDL fraud tipline today.”
DHS also shared details behind several deadly crashes that officials say point to the concerns behind the Trump administration’s crackdown. --->READ MORE HERE
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Wednesday that it has launched a tip line for reporting fraud involving commercial driver’s licenses, or CDLs, as part of a broader federal enforcement push targeting unqualified truck drivers.
The effort follows Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s warning of a new crackdown on the trucking industry after more than 110 commercial driving schools were shut down when officials found thousands of drivers who failed English-language checks had been certified.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator Derek Barrs also tied the enforcement effort to deadly crashes nationwide.
“This is about safety and it’s about oversight. It’s about getting the information to be able to help us to do our job, to ensure that we have the right qualified people behind the wheel of commercial motor vehicle,” he said. --->READ MORE HERE
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