Poorly trained illegal immigrant truck drivers are only part of the problem

Several recent fatal truck crashes involving poorly trained, non-English-speaking illegal immigrants have alerted the public to reckless licensing policies on the part of states that go out of their way to accommodate illegal immigrants. The Department of Transportation found that 1 in 4 California commercial driver’s licenses handed out to “non-domiciled” drivers were issued improperly.

These unqualified drivers, along with the recalcitrant states that issue the CDLs, bear culpability for the deaths and injuries that result. But for these circumstances to turn deadly, a third party must be involved: a trucking company prepared to put one of these drivers behind the wheel of an 80,000-pound big-rig.