What Are 'Freedom Haulers?' White House Wants Veterans to Replace Immigrant Truckers
The campaign will promote military-to-CDL programs as the Transportation Department says 26,000 drivers were removed for failing English rules.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump unveiled the Freedom Haulers campaign to recruit military veterans into trucking, aiming to address a national driver shortage while providing former service members with civilian careers.
- This initiative follows a Transportation Department crackdown that revoked approximately 56,000 commercial licenses from immigrant drivers due to illegal permits and English proficiency failures.
- Veterans who recently operated military vehicles over 2.5 tons can bypass commercial skills tests, while the GI Bill covers 100% of training costs for those serving at least three years.
- Werner Enterprises CEO Derek Leathers applauded the administration's effort, saying veterans bring "highest levels of leadership, discipline and technical skills" essential to the workforce.
- The campaign operates as a broader interagency effort involving the White House, the Pentagon, and the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Labor to promote trucking as a career offering independence for veterans.
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Replace them with proud American veterans: Trump launches Freedom Haulers initiative against illegal alien truck drivers - The Tribune
US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) announced a new initiative called 'Freedom Haulers' aimed at recruiting military veterans as truck drivers, as his administration steps up enforcement against immigrant commercial drivers.
Trump looks to veterans to fill trucking jobs after booting immigrants from industry • West Virginia Watch
Tractor trailers sit parked in a row at a truck stop in Bloomsbury, N.J. (Photo by Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced an initiative Thursday for veterans to quickly obtain commercial driver’s licenses, as the administration attempts to fill vacancies in the industry after pausing license renewals for foreign-born truck drivers. “The radical left wants more jobs for illegal aliens and more migrants (i…
Trump launches 'Freedom Haulers' to replace 'illegal aliens' with military veterans in trucking jobs
The initiative extends licensing waivers, expands training programmes and seeks to recruit thousands of military veterans into the trucking industry as immigration enforcement reshapes the workforce
Donald Trump is convinced that there is a large sector of undocumented people driving trucks and promises to replace them with army veterans
Trump Announces Plan to Replace Illegal Alien Truckers with American Veterans
President Donald Trump kicked off a new initiative on Thursday designed to fast-track veterans into truck driving jobs. Trump called the program “Freedom Haulers.” “We’re taking action to replace these […] The post Trump Announces Plan to Replace Illegal Alien Truckers with American Veterans appeared first on The Western Journal.
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