This week, U.S. Attorneys from Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Ohio joined Secretary Sean P. Duffy of the Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Secretary Markwayne Mullin of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – as well as Administrator Derek Barrs of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Vice Chairman Andrew Ferguson of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud – to announce an historic interagency effort to crack down on fraud in the trucking industry.
Federal officials were also joined by Marcus Coleman and his daughter Dalilah, who was critically injured in a 2024 crash with an illegal alien behind the wheel.
The U.S. Attorneys joining Secretaries Duffy and Mullin and others to make the announcement were:
- S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon for the Eastern District of Michigan;
- S. Attorney Adam Mildred for the Northern District of Indiana;
- S. Attorney Tim Verhey for the Western District of Michigan;
- S. Attorney David Toepfer for the Northern District of Ohio;
- S. Attorney Dominick Gerace for the Southern District of Ohio;
- S. Attorney Tom Wheeler for the Southern District of Indiana;
- S. Attorney Steven Weinhoeft for the Southern District of Illinois; and
- S. Attorney Greg Gilmore for the Central District of Illinois.
Departmental actions include:
Department of Justice
- Formation of Joint Task Force Crossroads of America to safeguard the nation’s highway system and strengthen the security of our borders.
Department of Transportation
- Emergency removal of 110 commercial driver’s license (CDL) schools associated with more than 5,000 drivers who failed English language proficiency tests
- Launching a nationwide audit of third-party CDL skills testers and states’ oversight of the testers
- Results from 40-state investigation of additional training schools
Department of Homeland Security
- Synchronized single-day sweep targeting more than 200 training schools across 23 states
- Joint coordination with USDOT
- HSI and ICE updates on ongoing investigations targeting CDL-related businesses and schools
This unprecedented interagency campaign represents the Trump Administration’s most aggressive effort in history to root out fraud, waste, and abuse in trucking. By aligning USDOT’s regulatory authorities with federal law enforcement operations, the administration is taking aggressive action to safeguard American roads against unqualified and unvetted illegal truckers.
You can learn more by watching the entire press conference on C-SPAN’s website.
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