India, Aug. 4 -- The Donald Trump-led administration in United States cancelled the commercial trucker licences held by over 28,000 immigrants, while launching a program to replace them with military veterans, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Tuesday.

According to a press release by the administration, CDLs of 24,000 non-citizens who cannot speak or read English proficiently have been cancelled. The Trump administration said it had also worked with the states to shut down 9,500 driving schools that have helped these truckers drive in America.

The move will likely impact Indian immigrants in the US, with nearly 130,000 to 150,000 truck drivers in the US coming directly from Punjab and Haryana, according to the No...