{"id":1546667,"date":"2025-07-12T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1546667"},"modified":"2025-07-12T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T19:05:00","slug":"watch-american-truckers-united-issues-dire-warning-on-unsafe-highways-amid-flood-of-migrant-drivers-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/watch-american-truckers-united-issues-dire-warning-on-unsafe-highways-amid-flood-of-migrant-drivers-crashes\/1546667\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: American Truckers United Issues Dire Warning On &#8216;Unsafe&#8217; Highways Amid Flood Of Migrant Drivers, Crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Watch: American Truckers United Issues Dire Warning On &#8216;Unsafe&#8217; Highways Amid Flood Of Migrant Drivers, Crashes<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atutruckers\">Shannon Everett<\/a> of the trucking advocacy group <a href=\"https:\/\/americantruckers.com\/\">American Truckers United<\/a> (ATU) has been one of the most\u00a0outspoken folks about\u00a0the Biden-Harris regime&#8217;s\u00a0role in the <strong>surge of migrant drivers with non-domiciled commercial driver&#8217;s licenses (CDLs)<\/strong>. He warns\u00a0the influx has <strong>transformed U.S. highways into a\u00a0national security threat and a growing public safety crisis<\/strong>, citing multiple fatal crashes this year involving migrants behind the wheel of fully loaded 80,000-pound big rigs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Ry4je3Se.png?itok=2kfQOUeH\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>This is an urgent wake-up call for every American<\/strong>,&#8221; Everett wrote on X, alongside a video warning about the\u00a0hundreds of thousands of migrants operating big rigs with\u00a0non-domiciled CDLs. He <strong>urged heightened situational awareness on the nation&#8217;s highways<\/strong>, citing concerns that lax licensing standards have put <strong>unqualified, non-English-speaking drivers behind the wheels of 80,000-pound rigs<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;<strong>Our highways are no longer safe. Reckless immigration policies and weakened licensing standards have unleashed a deadly crisis on our roads<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Everett cited several crashes involving non-domiciled CDL drivers, including one in Austin, Texas, earlier this year that <strong>killed five Americans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>ATU has confirmed: the driver behind today\u2019s horrific Austin, TX crash\u2014killing 5 and injuring 11\u2014barely spoke English. Experts say he was almost certainly on a Non-Domicile CDL. Special interest groups have flooded our roads with unvetted, unqualified, untrained drivers,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uByIPPp5j3\">pic.twitter.com\/uByIPPp5j3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 American Truckers (@atutruckers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atutruckers\/status\/1900724530395459785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;<strong>The pattern in these crashes is undeniable. Too many of these tragedies involve non-citizen truck drivers<\/strong>. Truck drivers who are unvetted, unqualified, untrained, and who are exploiting lax regulations because we have almost no enforcement in our industry.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>You cannot let yourself or your loved ones be next<\/strong>. If you&#8217;re trapped in stalled traffic, don&#8217;t just sit there\u2014stay vigilant. <strong>Watch the truckers behind you. Have an escape plan<\/strong>. Move your vehicle to the shoulder and be prepared to advance past the traffic if necessary. Most importantly, get out of harm&#8217;s way,&#8221; Everett warned.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch:\u00a0Everett&#8217;s Warning To All Americans<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8Non-Citizen Truck Drivers Involved in Highway Crisis<\/p>\n<p>This is an urgent wake-up call for every American. Our highways are no longer safe. Reckless immigration policies and weakened licensing standards have unleashed a deadly crisis on our roads. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NXrQTivkos\">pic.twitter.com\/NXrQTivkos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 American Truckers (@atutruckers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atutruckers\/status\/1943187155708240197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ATU has previously noted that the <strong>Biden-Harris regime &#8220;bragged about bringing 876,000 new drivers into the market<\/strong>, effectively doubling the average annual output of new drivers.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2025-04-04_13-25-43.png?itok=uok7GenU\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And there&#8217;s more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2025-04-04_13-55-08.png?itok=qq7tGBqZ\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ATU has found that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americantruckers.com\/crash-data\/\">truck-involved incidents and fatalities<\/a> have been on a steady rise since 2016, and the correlations with federal immigration policies under the previous administration saw a spike in non-domiciled CDLs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2025-04-04_13-28-52.png?itok=IIRRbBUM\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Trump administration has signaled it takes the issue seriously<\/strong>. Last month, President Trump\u2014through the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2014enforced the English Language Proficiency (ELP) rule to crack down on unvetted migrant drivers operating big rigs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thank the sanctuary states for this mess!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Exactly why I bang on so hard on the driver shortage narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Driving a truck is the #1 occupation for non college-educated men in every single state in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Trucking is a perfect mix of all these issues combined. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bL0MGNCFpA\">https:\/\/t.co\/bL0MGNCFpA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m3s22UyFAu\">pic.twitter.com\/m3s22UyFAu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SuperTrucker \ud83d\ude9b\ud83d\udca8\u2192\ud83d\udcbb\ud83e\udd77 (@supertrucker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/supertrucker\/status\/1943306006697812071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, ATU revealed that Walmart and Amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/walmart-amazon-truck-depots-display-multilingual-signs-raising-alarms-over-migrant-drivers\">displayed navigational signs<\/a> at their trucking hubs in foreign languages!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/IMG_0710.png?itok=Q6R4aSxe\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Catch up on the latest:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/english-trucking-rule-takes-effect-federal-probe-begins-sanctuary-state-migrant-cdl\">English Trucking Rule Takes Effect, Federal Probe Begins Of Sanctuary State Migrant CDL Pipeline<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/letter-urges-duffy-ban-foreign-cdls-amid-series-highway-crashes\">Letter Urges Transportation Sec. Duffy To Ban Foreign CDLs Amid Series Of Highway Crashes<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/biden-handed-out-cdls-candy-now-us-highways-are-public-national-security-nightmare\">Biden Handed Out CDLs Like Candy&#8230; Now U.S. Highways Are A Public Safety &amp; National Security Nightmare<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/highway-mayhem-trucker-sanctuary-state-illinois-arrested-after-baltimore-shooting-spree\">Highway Mayhem: Trucker From Sanctuary State Illinois Arrested After Baltimore Shooting Spree<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/rolling-risk-unvetted-migrants-behind-wheel-big-rigs-threaten-us-safety-security\">Rolling Risk: Unvetted Migrants Behind The Wheel Of Big Rigs Threaten U.S. Safety &amp; Security<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/national-probe-needed-non-english-speaking-migrant-truck-drivers-after-deadly-austin\">Advocacy Group Calls For U.S. Probe On Non-English Speaking Migrant Truck Drivers After Deadly Austin Crash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/walmart-amazon-truck-depots-display-multilingual-signs-raising-alarms-over-migrant-drivers\">Walmart, Amazon Truck Depots Display Multilingual Signs, Raising Alarms Over Migrant Drivers With No English<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>dire warning to all Americans<\/strong> by ATU&#8217;s\u00a0Everett is about heightened situational awareness while driving on the nation&#8217;s highways.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sat, 07\/12\/2025 &#8211; 11:05<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/watch-american-truckers-united-issues-dire-warning-unsafe-highways-amid-flood-migrant\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/watch-american-truckers-united-issues-dire-warning-unsafe-highways-amid-flood-migrant<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch: American Truckers United Issues Dire Warning On &#8216;Unsafe&#8217; Highways Amid Flood Of Migrant Drivers, Crashes Shannon Everett of the trucking advocacy group American Truckers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1546668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1546667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1546667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1546668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1546667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1546667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1546667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}