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Amid heightened concern over highway deaths involving illegal immigrant drivers, conservative firebrand Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is launching a “TruckSafe Tipline” to enable truckers to share concerns about illegals on U.S. roads.
“Indiana is the Crossroads of America and Hoosiers are getting killed because drivers who shouldn’t be here in the first place are behind the wheel,” Banks said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.
Through the online portal, which is already live, concerned citizens are able to share information about carriers they believe are employing or contracting with drivers who are not legally in the United States, not authorized to drive a truck, or who cannot meet required English-language safety standards.
A spokesperson for Banks’ office told Fox News Digital that reports submitted to the TruckSafe Tipline will be reviewed by the senator’s staff and shared with the U.S. Department of Transportation and its Office of Inspector General.
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Left: Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind. Right: A crashsite involving Bekzhan Beishekeev, a 30-year-old national of Kyrgyzstan, that left four dead. (CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images; Fox News/DHS)
“If you’re driving a truck on our roads, you need to be legal, you need to be able to read traffic signs, and you need to follow the law,” said Banks. “The TruckSafe Tipline gives people on the ground a way to speak up when they see carriers cutting corners and putting lives at risk.”
In an X post, Banks addressed truckers directly, writing, “If you’re a trucker or work in the industry and see something unsafe or know of shady carriers hiring illegals, I want to hear from you.”
This comes shortly after a driver of a semi-truck at the center of a multi-vehicle crash that left four dead in Indiana was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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