New rules force trucking schools to cut staff and classes, and 7,000 training providers lose accreditation
Vasyl Kushnir and Gene Moik jovially greeted some of the young men studying the parts of the hulking 18-wheel trucks parked at their driving school – but behind their smiles were the growing worries that their business is at risk of closing down nearly a decade after it opened.
Every morning, Kushnir and Moik have been running numbers, projecting that it’s becoming increasingly difficult to stay afloat when they’ve suffered a significant drop in student enrollments at their business, Start CDL, since the second Trump administration announced new restrictions for immigrant drivers.