Exclusive: GOP lawmaker seeks crackdown on illegal trucker licenses to end ‘preventable’ deaths
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Biggs’ legislation would look to change that. According to the bill text obtained exclusively by Blaze News, the VERIFY CDL Act would require applicants’ employment to be authorized through the E-Verify program before they can be issued a CDL, adding additional safeguards and closing a highly abused loophole.
“Operating a commercial vehicle is not a right — it is a serious responsibility,” Biggs told Blaze News. “When states issue CDLs without verifying work authorization, they gamble with American lives. My bill puts an end to that recklessness.”
“If you are legally authorized to work in the United States, E-Verify confirms it,” Biggs said. “If you are not, you do not get behind the wheel of a 40-ton vehicle.”
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Biggs noted that mass immigration is not limited to the border, but rather it needs to be addressed at every level, including CDLs.
“It’s not complicated,” Biggs said. “We have seen what happens when verification fails — preventable deaths, broken families, and a system that has lost its integrity.”
“One preventable death is one too many,” Biggs added. “Congress has a duty to act, and this bill does exactly that.”
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