Originally published at: As Non-Domiciled CDL Rules Face Litigation, Trucking Still Needs an Honest Conversation - FreightWaves
There’s a lot of discussion right now about non-domiciled CDLs. Headlines are flying, social media is dialed, and everybody’s got an opinion. But for the people actually holding the steering wheel — the drivers — much of what’s being said doesn’t line up with what’s really happening at the DMV, at the scale house, or…
Jorge makes a good point he fails to understand that the problem isn’t the FMCSA. It is the States responsibility to enforce the rules and regulations on us truck drivers and trucking companies. So when the states don’t do what they are supposed to do then the fmcsa steps in to enforce the rules and regulations on the states. His complaint should be addressed to his state as to why they are subjected to this kind of audit. What have they been doing or not doing. I have been driving for over 27 years and these rules and regulations was in the book then. If he is still on a hold for his CDL, then I recommend talking to a lawyer to go after the state for not following fmcsa rules and regulations.
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Hard to take the fed’s seemingly logical justifications seriously when they are bulldozering over civil rights and ethics and legality intentionally in so many other venues at the same time. A great justification for a lousy over all strategy still means a lousy over all strategy that hurts people.
It sounds like you don’t see the whole big picture or choose not to. People who are not legal citizens or a legal resident, don’t have civil rights in this country under the constitution. I have a question for those like Jorge and in his situation. If you have been in this country since you were a child. Why why why haven’t you applied for citizenship or permanent residency??? Why??? When you become a working adult and was buying nice clothes, cars and homes. Taking vacation trips and cruises. Owning businesses making good money and could afford the cost to apply for citizenship or permanent residency but didn’t. Why???
I wish it were that simple. People like Jorge have not had a pathway to citizenship or residency. The fees DACA recipients pay for ever 18-24 months on top of all the background checks they are subjected to, by far surpasses the process to become a legal resident. They are children of immigrants brought into the US that have finished school here. They don’t know anything about their home country, their way of life is that of an American. There are very limited ways for someone to obtain legal residency so these individuals pray daca is never abolished or that they include a pathway through daca one day.
Mr. Eddie, the constitution protects all individuals within U.S. soil.
However, Daca recipients have authorization to work and are lawfully present.
I do agree with your comment about the fmcsa enforcing a problem caused by the states and the states are primarily responsible.