A new federal hotline aimed at reporting suspected commercial driver’s license fraud is putting truck drivers and the companies that employ them under increased scrutiny, while raising questions from transportation safety experts about whether the effort will improve safety or encourage profiling and unreliable accusations.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently launched the tip line, asking the public to report suspected CDL fraud by calling 866-347-2423.
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Federal officials say the initiative is designed to crack down on dangerous or improperly licensed commercial drivers operating on U.S. roads.
“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 in a statement released by the…
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