President Donald Trump announced that his administration will replace what he called "illegal alien" truck drivers with American veterans under the new Freedom Haulers initiative. The plan includes fast-track CDL licensing, GI Bill-backed training, and priority hiring for veterans with military driving experience. Trump also claimed more than 24,000 non-English-speaking drivers have been removed from the roads and that over 28,000 commercial driver's licenses issued to undocumented immigrants have been canceled as part of a broader trucking enforcement campaign.

The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military to help replace the tens of thousands of immigrant drivers who lost their…

Trump wants veterans to take immigrant truckers’ jobs—by letting them skip required steps for their license. What could go wrong?