President Trump issued an Executive Order in April reinforcing a policy, suspended by the Obama Administration, requiring commercial truckers to be able to read traffic and road signs and pass English proficiency tests to receive a Commercial Drivers License.
The move didn’t cause a bottleneck of news coverage in April, though CNN’s Jake Tapper did ask Chad Wolf on The Lead with Jake Tapper April 28: “How would this English-speaking requirement make our roadways safer? And what would you say to someone who argues it’s a slippery slope that could be used against other professions, and that just because you don’t speak English doesn’t mean that you’re in this country illegally?”
