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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tim Sullivan and Cathy Bussewitz

What to know about visas for foreign truckers and the politics of a deadly Florida crash

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced this week that the U.S. will pause issuing work visas to some foreign truck drivers, warning darkly that they are “endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers.”

He provided no details Thursday in his two-sentence post on the social platform X, leaving some in the trucking industry wondering if many drivers would be affected.

The short answer: No.

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