Immigrant truck drivers train at Miami Dade College amid English proficiency crackdown

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — For nearly a year, federal and state agencies have been on the hunt. Tracking, checking, and targeting commercial vehicle safety violations, criminal activity, and threats to Florida’s transportation network.

The crackdown set off after a truck driver, who authorities said was in the country illegally, made an illegal U-turn that caused a crash that killed three people on the Turnpike in Saint Lucie County.

Since then, the industry has been on high alert…

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