Cheap Labor, Deadly Consequences: How Trucking Companies Benefit From Illegal Alien Drivers

September 01, 2026 7:24 PM ET Trucking carriers have benefited from a steady supply of cheap labor from illegal immigrant drivers, but the consequences have sometimes been deadly. Since the start of 2025, at least 28 people have died and many more have been injured in 16 collisions involving drivers who had no right to

Arizona's Yuma Sector bust netted 95 illegal alien truck drivers with state-issued CDLs, seizing methamphetamine and marijuana in smuggling crackdown.