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3,000 driver trainers take hit in safety crackdown
The move suspends the authorization of the 3000 training providers to offer federally required Entry-Level Driver Training for CDL students.
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Thu, 04, Dec 2025
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy / Wikimedia commons
3000 commercial driver’s license (CDL) training providers, who were previously registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Training Provider Registry (TPR), have been de-registered for failing to comply with the "Trump administration's standard of readiness", said U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy.
The move comes amidst a heightened crackdown by the administration on states giving CDLs to illegal immigrants under non-domicile CDL programs and crackdown on truckers who fail to clear English language fluency tests, both attracting widespread condemnation.
Duffy also announced that another 4,500 training providers have been put on notice due to potential noncompliance.
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Duffy said, "This administration is cracking down on every link in the illegal trucking chain. Under Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, bad actors were able to game the system and let unqualified drivers flood our roadways. Their negligence endangered every family on America’s roadways, and it ends today.”
He added, "Under President Trump, we are reigning in illegal and reckless practices that let poorly trained drivers get behind the wheel of semi-trucks and school buses."
The move suspends the authorization of the 3000 training providers to offer federally required Entry-Level Driver Training for CDL students.
The Department of Transportation, in a statement, revealed that the action was taken against those falsifying or manipulating training data, neglecting to meet required curriculum standards, facility conditions, or instructor qualifications or failing to maintain accurate, complete documentation or refusing to provide records during federal audits or investigations
“If you are unwilling to follow the rules, you have no place training America’s commercial drivers. We will not tolerate negligence,” added FMCSA Administrator Derek D. Barrs.
The crackdown on truck drivers has been underway since multiple accidents allegedly caused by Indian origin drivers grabbed headlines.
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