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| Illegal immigrant truck drivers endanger Americans as foreign companies ‘exploit' industry, exec says |
| 2025-11-06 |
| [FoxNews] Industry executive claims foreign-owned entities exploit trucking regulations by hiring illegal immigrants A trucking executive claims that the U.S. has allowed "foreign-owned entities" that don't follow regulations to "export" and "exploit" the industry, which he believes explains the surge in illegal immigrant drivers. The federal government is cracking down on illegal immigrant truck drivers following a wave of fatal crashes across America. In late October, the Department of Homeland Security announced 146 illegal immigrant truck drivers were arrested along northwest Indiana highways as part of "Operation Midway Blitz." Zach Meiborg, who owns Meiborg Brothers Trucking in Illinois, told Fox News Digital that a sizable portion of the trucking industry has been shipped off to foreign-owned countries who don't have an issue with hiring illegal immigrants even though it's against the law. "We're watching our bureaucrats export the most vital industry to our economy to foreign-owned entities, typically in the Eastern Bloc, formerly Russia. That's why they have no problem hiring them," Meiborg said. "Where foreign-owned companies realized they could exploit like five different areas of the trucking economy and explode the growth of their fleets. And they did it by just flat out breaking the laws and our bureaucrats that regulate us looked the other way." Meiborg said some trucking companies saw an opportunity to move their operations offshore during the COVID-19 pandemic, putting American companies at a disadvantage. "Their dispatch is over there, their safety is over there, the recruiting is over there, and they do it all digitally online," he said. "So they're running foreign labor, imported from overseas, not trained, they're paying them 1099, not W-2, not complying with any of the ACA or state tax laws or federal tax laws." Meiborg said these companies are creating their own electronic logbooks and self-certifying that they're following certain regulations, therefore manipulating the system with little to no oversight. The Department of Transportation has begun taking action to combat the number of illegal immigrants operating semi-trucks. In late September, the agency announced an emergency interim final rule that would increase federal oversight of how states issue non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses. Robert Khachatryan, founder and CEO of Freight Right Global Logistics, told Fox News Digital that the federal government needs to continue strengthening its oversight of the industry if it wants to address the number of illegal immigrants driving commercial trucks. "It's just about enforcing the existing law, right? It's not like we're saying change the law, don't provide driver's licenses to illegal aliens. They're not supposed to. The law is very clear. You need to be a legal resident or you need to be a U.S. citizen to obtain a commercial driver's license in most states, as far as I know. So it just comes down to enforcement," Khachatryan said. Related: Illegal immigrant truck driver 11/03/2025 Iranian woman falls victim to Trump's immigration crackdown Illegal immigrant truck driver 11/02/2025 Afghan man suspected of ties to ISIS offshoot arrested in France Illegal immigrant truck driver 10/31/2025 146 illegal immigrant truck drivers arrested in Indiana crackdown, as Noem says, 'Your days are numbered' |
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