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82 truck drivers have been detained in Alabama on ICE holds since late October. It is part of a new state crackdown on commercial drivers. Governor Kay Ivey says 12 of those detained did not have a license of any kind. Our Shelby

Myers in the studio now and Shelby, you spoke with the Alabama Trucking Association about this. Yeah, I did, Cameron. The president and CEO says this crackdown will hopefully weed out what he calls bad actors in the trucking

industry. Multiple fatal truck crashes led the U.S. Department of Transportation to promise a crackdown on issuing commercial drivers licenses or CDLs. One of those deadly crashes happened in Thomasville over the summer. A Ukrainian-born

truck driver ran a red light. He crashed into several cars, killing two people. He was in the U.S. on a visa and had a valid license, but he does not speak English. English proficiency is required for a CDL. Alabama joining in on

the crackdown. Governor Kay Ivey announcing a partnership between ALEA and ICE. 00:00:58,500 --> 01:03,000 They're targeting major interstate corridors where truck traffic is heavy. 01:03,000 --> 01:07,000 Governor Ivey says troopers referred

242 people to ICE 01:07,000 --> 01:10,000 during two operations over the past two months. 01:10,000 --> 01:15,000 Of those, 82 drivers were detained based on their immigration status, 01:15,000 --> 01:20,000 and 12 of those did not even have

a driver's license of any kind. 01:20,000 --> 01:25,000 When I talk to truck drivers and professional drivers and small business owners, they're frustrated a tough economy. 01:27,000 --> 01:31,000 On one

side they get attacked by lawyers and frivolous lawsuits, 01:31,000 --> 01:34,500 and on another, unfair competition for people who break the rules 01:34,500 --> 01:36,800 and don't operate fairly and unsafely. 01:36,800 --> 01:40,000

Mark Colson heads the Alabama Trucking Association. foreign drivers' work visas expire, 01:43,500 --> 01:46,000 but their commercial license stay valid. 01:46,000 --> 01:49,000 Transportation Secretary Sean

Duffy has issued a directive to states 01:49,000 --> 01:51,500 to align the two timelines. 01:51,500 --> 01:56,000 Duffy says he is also planning to shut down about 3,000 drivers training schools nationwide. 01:56,000 --> 01:59,000 He says

they failed to meet training standards 01:59,000 --> 02:02,000 and some are accused of falsifying training data. 02:02,000 --> 02:02,500 The list...