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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kelly Rissman

Noem says foreigners can’t drive and ‘endanger our citizens’ as she defends Trump team’s new rules for migrant drivers

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Trump administration’s new restrictions on the issuing of commercial drivers licenses for non-American truck drivers, claiming they are “endangering our citizens.”

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy last month announced restrictions around who is eligible for commercial driver’s licenses, requiring non-citizens to undergo a stricter set of rules — including possessing an employment-based visa and undergoing a federal immigration status check.

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