Trump's crackdown on immigrant truckers is harmful and unjust

so i just read this article about how the Trump administration is ramping up its crackdown on immigrant truckers and honestly it feels like a bad sequel to a movie nobody wanted to see, like we’ve got this guy jorge rivera who’s been driving trucks for over a decade and he’s done everything right but now he’s facing the possibility of losing his commercial driver’s license just because of who he is and where he came from, it’s like a slap in the face for law-abiding folks who just want to make a living and contribute to society. the article mentions that the Department of Transportation is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools and trainers which could push around 200,000 immigrants out of the trucking industry, and that’s not just a statistic, that’s real people with real lives and families who depend on this work. it’s frustrating that the administration is using tragic incidents like the crash involving 7-year-old dalilah coleman as a cover for a broader immigration crackdown instead of addressing the root causes of these accidents, which is just scapegoating immigrants rather than taking a hard look at the industry itself. this matters because it’s not just about trucking licenses, it’s about the values we hold as a country and how we treat people who are trying to build a better life here, and if we keep going down this road, we’re going to lose sight of what makes america great in the first place. https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/npr/2026/03/12/nx-s1-5736253/the-trump-administrations-crackdown-on-immigrant-truckers-shifts-into-higher-gear/