Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier praised the Trump administration to Newsmax on Wednesday for taking swift action to deal with the problem of blue states issuing truck licenses to illegal aliens, even those who can’t understand English enough to read road signs.
Uthmeier, a Republican, was commenting on “Wake Up America” concerning the federal Department of Transportation threatening to freeze federal funding for states that don’t require truck drivers to speak and understand English after an illegal alien truck driver who received his license in California made an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida.
“I applaud President Trump and his administration for taking swift action, as they always do,” Uthmeier said. “You have this tragic accident at the hands of an illegal alien who should not have ever had this trucker’s license to begin with. You’ve got blue states that apparently are engaging in systematic abuse of the program, not only allowing illegal aliens to get these permits but enabling them to do so when they do not even speak English” or understand road signs.
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