Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., launched a tip line Tuesday to protect Americans from truckers who are illegal aliens, not authorized to drive a truck, or do not speak English proficiently enough to safely drive on U.S. roads. The tip line comes after numerous illegal aliens who received commercial drivers’ licenses (CDLs) have killed or injured American citizens while operating their vehicles dangerously.
Illegal alien Harjinder Singh of India made headlines over the summer for killing three Americans in Florida after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s, D-Calif., California gave him a CDL. Only days ago another illegal alien, Bekzhan Beishekeev of Kyrgyzstan, killed four people in Banks’ home state of Indiana after obtaining a CDL from Gov. Josh Shapiro’s, D-Penn., Pennsylvania. Beishekeev was let into the country under the Biden administration.
Those are far from the only instances. According to Banks, 50 percent of CDLs from New York alone have been issued improperly. The federal government estimates 200,000 illegal drivers are on U.S. roads. Since commercial trucks cross the United States, this means fraudulent and lax enforcement of immigration and licensing laws endangers Americans everywhere. Every death at the hands of an illegal alien could have been prevented by border and interior immigration enforcement.
“Indiana is the Crossroads of America and Hoosiers are getting killed because drivers who shouldn’t be here in the first place are behind the wheel,” Banks said in a statement. “If you’re driving a truck on our roads, you need to be legal, you need to be able to read traffic signs, and you need to follow the law. The TruckSafe Tipline gives people on the ground a way to speak up when they see carriers cutting corners and putting lives at risk.”