Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) on Tuesday launched the TruckSafe Tipline for truckers and those in the trucking industry to report concerns about carriers employing or contracting with drivers who are in the country illegally.
Banks said in a written statement about the TruckSafe Tipline:
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. 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.
Reports submitted to the TruckSafe Tipline will be reviewed and shared with the U.S. Transportation Department and its Office of Inspector General to protect Americans.
Banks unveiled the TruckSafe Tipline one week after a Kyrgyzstani national killed four Indiana men after swerving into oncoming traffic on State Road 67 in Jay County. The victims of the accident include a 50 year-old father, his two sons, ages 19 and 25, and one other person. The illegal alien crossed the southern border illegally in December 2023 and was let into the United States by using the CBP One cell phone app.