The U.S. Postal Service announced this week that it will begin phasing out non-domiciled commercial driver’s license holders from its contractor network, requiring trucking providers to either thoroughly vet these drivers through the Postal Inspection Service or stop using them entirely. The move aligns with the Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown on immigrant drivers, but if you think this is just about immigration policy, you haven’t been paying attention to a decade of contractor scandals that have left bodies on American highways.
“The safety of our employees, our customers, and the American public is of the utmost concern to the Postal Service,” said Board of Governors Chairwoman Amber McReynolds in Monday’s announcement. “We have decided to phase out any use of non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s License operators who have not been thoroughly vetted by the Postal Inspection Service.”
