America’s trucking industry — the backbone of our supply chain — is being gutted from the inside out. Thieves are stealing millions in cargo each year while unqualified, illegal migrant drivers are causing deadly wrecks on our highways. It’s a one-two punch that perfectly sums up the chaos unleashed under the Biden-Harris administration’s open-border policies.
According to the American Transportation Research Institute, cargo thefts skyrocketed from 1,850 in 2022 to nearly 3,000 in 2023, with more than $16 million in stolen goods. The American Trucking Associations reported a mind-blowing 1,500% increase in strategic theft since early 2021 — right about when Joe Biden walked into the Oval Office. What a coincidence.
Shannon Everett, spokesperson for American Truckers United, didn’t mince words: “The unprecedented influx of unvetted foreign individuals into our trucking industry has precipitated a national security crisis.” She linked the theft surge directly to the Biden-Harris Trucking Action Plan, which flooded the system with “non-domicile” CDLs handed out to non-citizens — some of whom were here illegally.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is doing what it always does best: restoring order. Immigration agents have arrested dozens of illegal migrant truckers in targeted operations, and the Department of Transportation has begun investigating states for illegally issuing commercial licenses to foreign nationals. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy said it plainly: “This is a direct threat to the safety of every family on the road, and I won’t stand for it.”
Law enforcement has busted multiple cargo theft rings tied to illegal migrants — including the so-called “Singh Organization” in California, accused of using fake trucking companies to steal millions in merchandise. Another “Singh” ring pulled a nearly identical scam, stealing $590,000 worth of televisions and forging delivery documents. Even Canadian authorities uncovered a similar Singh-run operation tied to stolen freight worth millions. Must be a real family business.
And then there are the deadly crashes. Harjinder Singh, an Indian national living unlawfully in the U.S., made an illegal U-turn on a Florida highway that killed three people. Just months later, Jashanpreet Singh, another illegal migrant, plowed into cars in California while high, killing three more. These tragedies weren’t “accidents” — they were preventable, the result of criminal negligence by a federal government that values “diversity” over safety.
President Trump’s administration wasted no time responding, imposing stricter English proficiency standards and blocking illegals from obtaining non-domicile CDLs. Because, unlike the current crowd in Washington, Trump doesn’t need a focus group to understand that American roads should be driven by qualified, legal, and law-abiding truckers — not unvetted foreigners who turn 18-wheelers into weapons.
So here we are: millions stolen, lives lost, and a federal government asleep at the wheel — all while Biden’s bureaucrats call it “progress.” Thankfully, the adults are back in charge, and President Trump’s team is already cleaning up the mess.
Because protecting America’s highways, families, and freight isn’t just policy — it’s common sense. And once again, it’s Trump, not Biden, delivering it.
