Washington, March 31 (IANS) A group of Republican senators has introduced new legislation aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from obtaining or using commercial driver’s licences (CDLs), proposing strict penalties for both drivers and states that issue such licences.The bill, titled the Dalilah’s Law Act, was introduced by Senators Shelley Moore Capito, John Cornyn, Ted Budd, Cynthia Lummis and Tommy Tuberville. It seeks to tighten federal oversight and impose criminal and civil penalties…
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Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) A US senator has introduced legislation in Congress that would bar states from issuing commercial driver’s licences to illegal immigrants, tying federal transport funding to compliance and citing a series of fatal crashes involving heavy trucks. Republican Senator Jim Banks said his proposed “Dalilah Law” would require states to take specific steps to remove “illegal alien truck drivers” from America’s roads as a condition of receiving funding from the Depar…