President Trump Signs Executive Order Requiring Truck Drivers To Speak English

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President Trump signed an executive order Monday requiring all truck drivers in the United States to speak English.

The executive order declared, “They should be able to read and understand traffic signs, communicate with traffic safety, border patrol, agricultural checkpoints, and cargo weight-limit station officers.”

“Drivers need to provide feedback to their employers and customers and receive related directions in English,” added the executive order.

Drivers will also have to pass literacy tests.

The move by Trump comes months after he officially declared English the official language of the United States.

Here’s what The Hill Reported:

President Trump signed an executive order Monday that requires commercial truck drivers in the United States to be proficient in English.

The text of the order acknowledges the essential role that truck drivers play in the U.S. economy and the livelihood of American people.

Every day, truckers perform the demanding and dangerous work of transporting the Nation’s goods to businesses, customers, and communities safely, reliably, and efficiently,” the order said.

Trump designated English as the country’s official language in an executive order in March. In his order Monday, the president said proficiency in English should be nonnegotiable for professional drivers.

“They should be able to read and understand traffic signs, communicate with traffic safety, border patrol, agricultural checkpoints, and cargo weight-limit station officers,” the order said. “Drivers need to provide feedback to their employers and customers and receive related directions in English.”

Per ABC 7 Los Angeles:

President Donald Trump has signed executive orders related to immigration, including one that requires English-language proficiency for commercial motor drivers, such as truckers.

That requirement already exists, but Trump said it “has not been enforced in years,” making roads less safe.

The executive order reinforces an already existing federal law requiring English-language proficiency as a requirement for commercial motor drivers.

In the ordered issued Monday evening, Trump contends the “requirement has not been enforced in years, and America’s roadways have become less safe.”

“My Administration will enforce the law to protect the safety of American truckers, drivers, passengers, and others, including by upholding the safety enforcement regulations that ensure that anyone behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle is properly qualified and proficient in our national language, English,” the order states.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt hosted a briefing for influencers at the White House complex, and she told them that Trump would sign an executive order requiring truck drivers to know English.



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