The Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a final rule to stop unqualified foreign nationals from securing licenses to drive commercial trucks and buses as these drivers “pose a significant safety threat to the driving public,” the department said in a Feb. 11 statement.
Under the final rule, a commercial driver’s license (CDL) will now only be eligible for H-2A, H-2B, and E-2 nonimmigrant status holders who undergo “enhanced interagency vetting,” DOT said.
