US administration

“cancel 28,000 commercial licences that it described as having been 'illegally issued'”

“revoked the commercial driver's licences (CDLs) of 24,000 non-citizens who, it said, did not meet English-language proficiency requirements.”

“shut down 9,500 driving schools that the administration alleged had helped unqualified drivers obtain licences and operate commercial vehicles on US roads.”

“immigrants make up roughly 20 per cent of the US trucking workforce”

“non-domiciled commercial driver's licences issued to immigrants account for about 5 per cent of all commercial licences, representing approximately 200,000 drivers”

“Under the new rules, commercial driver's licences will be available only to immigrants holding valid H-2A, H-2B or E-2 visas”