Hageman Applauds Effort As Wyoming Cracks Down On Dangerous, Unlicensed Drivers
Wyoming’s roads already battle enough hazards, wildlife at dusk, black ice, tourists stopping their rental Subarus in the middle of the highway to photograph wildlife, you name it. The last thing we need is truck drivers barreling down I-25 who can’t read the road signs.
According to reporting from Cowboy State Daily, a coordinated enforcement sweep near the Colorado border made major waves this week. After complaints from legal truck drivers, you know, the ones who actually take the port of entry seriously, Wyoming authorities and ICE pulled off a large joint operation targeting truckers bypassing the port.
Out of about 205 contacts, officials identified 40 illegal immigrant truckers who not only shouldn’t have been on Wyoming roads, but in many cases also could not read English, a federal requirement for commercial drivers.
ICE is now preparing deportation proceedings for all 40.
Rep. Harriet Hageman made it very clear where she stands on all this, thanking the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office, ICE, and Wyoming Highway Patrol for “taking responsibility seriously” and removing dangerous drivers who pose a risk to Wyoming families.
Frankly, she’s not wrong. Whether you’re hauling beef, hay, or the world’s most beat-up camper, you need to be able to read a stop sign in the state you’re driving through. That’s not political, it’s basic physics.
Wyoming truckers have been raising concerns for months about unsafe operators slipping through the cracks. This operation appears to be the strongest response yet.
Forty unsafe drivers off the road?
That’s forty fewer chances for a catastrophic pile-up on a winter pass.
We’ll take the win.
Roadside signs are broadly similar to ours in the United States. They follow international standards, use familiar shapes and colors and familiar symbols. So a Mexican National would not have a problem recognizing our signs.