Transportation Department Cracks Down on Unsafe Trucking Schools — But Is Washington Protecting Americans or Overreaching?

In a sweeping move that should alarm every American who values safety and national sovereignty, the U.S. Transportation Department announced it will decertify more than 550 commercial driving schools across the country. These institutions, responsible for training our truckers and bus drivers, have been found employing unqualified instructors, skirting proper testing procedures, and ignoring critical safety standards. This crackdown follows multiple fatal crashes linked to poorly trained drivers—including a tragic Florida accident where an unauthorized immigrant driver made an illegal U-turn causing three deaths. The department’s effort to restore integrity to the trucking industry is not merely bureaucratic housekeeping; it...