Illegal Immigrants In Trucking

Are there a lot of immigrants in trucking? Absolutely, and it's pretty easy to see why. Coming from countries where $100 a week is considered a fair wage, it doesn't take a Rhodes Scholar to see why they'd be drawn to an industry where you can start anywhere between $700-$900 a week in a very short amount of time.

African Immigrant Truckers Turn a Profit on Open Road
ILLINOIS - It's a long way from Abidjan in the Ivory Coast to the interstate highway near Chicago where trucker Mamoudou Diawara relishes the advantages that come with traveling the open road.

"Trucking is the freedom," Diawara says. "It is the freedom and the money is right. I am not going to lie to you. You make more than the average Joe."
https://www.voanews.com/usa/immigration/african-immigrant-truckers-turn-profit-open-road
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According to the American Trucking Associations, “To move 9.2 billion tons of freight annually requires nearly 3 million heavy-duty Class 8 trucks and over 3 million truck drivers.” America needs truck drivers. If you are a foreign worker hoping to work as a truck driver in the US, you may be served best by applying for an H-2B Visa. According to drivers.com, this is the best visa option for truck drivers.
How to Obtain a US Work Visa for Truck Drivers
https://www.visaplace.com/blog-immigration-law/us-work-visa/truck-drivers-work-visa-3-easy-steps/

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Trucking companies can’t move overseas, so they’re trying to bring cheap labor here. Instead of trying to suppress wage growth, the Trucking Association should be looking at ways to give truckers a big raise.

A new proposal to begin a pilot program that would import immigrant drivers here to help satisfy the need for more truckers is drawing sharp criticism.

The country’s largest transportation union, is pushing back on the proposal calling it a horrific idea.

https://transportationnation.com/new-proposal-to-import-immigrant-truck-drivers-drawing-sharp-criticism/