A U.S. Senate Candidate Says Foreign Truckers Are Making America’s Roads Unsafe. His Own Truckers Have Caused Harm.

Georgia congressman Mike Collins spent most of his life running a trucking business. ProPublica’s analysis of federal motor vehicle data shows that truckers for the business have a higher rate of unsafe driving and speeding violations per mile than the majority of similar companies in recent years. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images

A U.S. Senate Candidate Says Foreign Truckers Are Making America’s Roads Unsafe. His Own Truckers Have Caused Harm.

Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens. Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people.

by Max Blau and Joel Jacobs

May 11, 2026, 6:00 am