From Jan. 13–15, in a recent crackdown under Operation SafeDRIVE (Distracted, Reckless, Impaired, Visibility Enforcement) in trucking corridors in 26 states, nearly 2,000 unqualified truckers have been removed from the road, at least 500 of them unable to speak English proficiently.
An exclusive from Fox News reports:
Operation SafeDRIVE conducted more than 8,200 inspections that led to 704 drivers being taken off the road and out of service.
About 500 of those truckers were penalized for failing English proficiency standards.
There were 1,231 total vehicles stripped of their roadworthiness and 56 people were arrested, including several for DUI/DWI and illegal presence in the United States.
USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy told Fox News Digital, “Operation SafeDRIVE shows what happens when we work together with our law enforcement partners to pull unqualified drivers and vehicles off American roads.”
“We need a whole-of-government approach to ensure the Trump administration’s strong standards of safety are in place to protect American families and reduce road accidents.”
Safety experts estimate that as many as 130,000 illegal-alien truck drivers may be operating in the United States, with tens of thousands believed to have obtained licenses through illegitimate means.
The Gateway Pundit has reported on the deadly consequences of illegal alien truckers.
Bekzhan Beishekeev, a 30-year-old illegal alien from Kyrgyzstan who entered the US on Joe Biden’s open border invitation in December 2023, killed four Americans. The Amish victims were identified as 50-year-old Henry Eicher, 25-year-old Menno Eicher, 19-year-old Paul Eicher, and 23-year-old Simon Girod.
25-year-old Kamalpreet Singh killed a 29-year-old man on the morning of December 11 after he crushed the victim’s vehicle between two trucks while driving northbound on SR 167. Singh first illegally entered the US in Lukeville, Arizona, in December 2023 and was released by Biden’s border patrol.
On November 24, 2025, Rajinder Kumar, a criminal illegal alien from India, jackknifed his semi-truck and trailer, blocking both lanes of U.S. Highway 20. A Subaru Outback collided with the semi-truck, tragically killing both the driver, William Micah Carter, and passenger, Jennifer Lynn Lower.
56-year-old Goderdzi Gujabidze, an illegal alien from Georgia, caused a multicar crash that killed Indiana National Guardsman Terry Frye and injured three others.
On March 13, 2025, a 17-vehicle pileup occurred in a construction zone on Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas, killing five people, including an infant and a four-year-old child, and hospitalizing eleven others. The driver, Solomun Weldekeal Araya, a 37-year-old Ethiopian national on a work visa, was hauling freight for Amazon.
In May of 2025, in Thomasville, Alabama, a loaded semi-truck struck four vehicles stopped at a red light at highway speed, killing two people and injuring four others. The driver, Andrii Dmyterko, a 45-year-old Ukrainian national on a work visa, was on his third day on the job. Authorities reported that neither the driver nor his passenger spoke English and communicated only in Russian.
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