Driving People Out of Work: The Trump Administration’s Commercial Drivers’ Licenses Revocation ✦ OnLabor

Maine BMV, advocacy groups oppose federal rule restricting commercial licenses for immigrants

(Photo by Greater Portland Metro/Facebook)The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles and immigration rights groups are voicing opposition to a federal rule that seeks to restrict legal immigrants from holding a commercial driver’s license.  In comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Transportation, they argue that the change is based on unfounded safety concerns about non-citizen drivers and that the restrictions would harm the livelihood of licens…

Driving People Out of Work: The Trump Administration’s Commercial Drivers’ Licenses Revocation ✦ OnLabor

Jorge Rivera Lujan, a Dreamer protected under DACA, runs his own trucking business; Aleksei Semenovskii sought asylum from Russia and has been driving in the U.S. for more than five years. Both have complied with every requirement for commercial licenses, yet their livelihoods are under threat. Nearly 40 years after federal regulations first recognized the importance […]