India, Aug. 22 -- The United States government is pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers 'effective immediately'. The announcement was made on X by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

"The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers," he said.

The move comes after the August 12 accident in Florida which claimed the lives of three people. Harjinder Singh, an Indian, was behind the wheel at the time, and subsequently, details have emerged that he entered the US illegally.

Singh crossed the Mexico border illegally in 2018 and got a commercial driver's license in California, the Florida De...