Truckers Gain Wages As ICE Detains Highway Illegals

Some American truckers say they are getting paid more per mile as President Donald Trump’s enforcement policies are pushing many of President Joe Biden’s illegal migrants from the highways.

“[I] Normally do Chicago to Fargo for $1200,” a trucker declared via X. “Had a [delivery] broker call and offer me $1800. Needless to say, I took him up on the offer...."

The post-election gain for American truckers comes amid a cargo slump that is threatening the economic stability of many trucking firms and brokerage companies. The slump is especially damaging to the companies that exploited the huge population of low-wage illegal truckers who are being pushed off the roads by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s enforcement of long-ignored safety regulations.

The exit of the foreign drivers is good news for the American truckers working in the relatively small “spot market” of online orders and unique loads. Under Biden, the per-mile rates in this market were slashed by many cheap illegal drivers from India and Eastern Europe, including Serbia and Croatia. But Duffy’s crackdown is creating a “Compliance Crunch” that enables American truckers in most districts to get higher per-mile rates.