From the Daily Caller: Chinese illegal immigrants are obtaining commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) and landing jobs in the U.S. trucking industry with support from a Chinese government-linked network, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered.
The Chinese American Trucker Organization USA Inc. (CATOU) is a New York-based nonprofit trade organization registered as a 501(c)6 that has allegedly helped over 1,000 Chinese students obtain CDLs and has a 100% pass rate, according to its business filings, social media posts and website. Videos posted on social media by an individual who crossed the U.S. southern border illegally shows they were able to rapidly obtain California CDLs after taking courses taught by CATOU instructors.
The public safety concern presented by truckers with unknown criminal backgrounds and driving records is compounded by CATOU’s board chairwoman, Geng Hang, who has held leadership roles within organizations operating as arms of the Chinese government and a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence and intelligence agency called the United Front Work Department (UFWD), according to DCNF translations of announcements from those entities.
“No way American citizens voted for the California gateway for illegal migrants to operate heavy vehicles throughout America. That of itself is a public safety and homeland security concern,” Steve Yates, senior research fellow for China and national security policy at the Heritage Foundation, told the DCNF.
READ MORE from the Daily Caller, who lays out disturbing details in their exclusive report.
“No way American citizens voted for the California gateway for illegal migrants to operate heavy vehicles throughout America. That of itself is a public safety and homeland security concern,” @YatesComms
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese Gov’t-Tied Network Training Illegal Immigrants To Drive…
— Steve Yates (葉望輝) (@YatesComms) October 6, 2025
State Armor CEO Michael Lucci also commented on the report.
6/ The immigrants arrested in Oklahoma were from multiple countries, including India, Uzbekistan, China, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Mauritania.
One immigrant had a New York-issued CDL and was identified as “No Name Given.”
— Michael Lucci (@Michael7ucci) October 6, 2025
Lucci warned [emphasis added]: “Chinese firms are creating an American logistics network that doubles for military purposes, according to Jamestown’s @CherylYuuu. Trucking fleets compoundsthe threat. CCP military-tied companies are reportedly seeking trucking fleets in the Midwest.”
8/ This grave national security threat will only worsen unless immediate action is taken to safeguard the U.S. trucking industry and protect the well-being of all Americans who share roadways with our truckers.
FULL REPORT 👇 https://t.co/VkKt2B5BIA
— Michael Lucci (@Michael7ucci) October 6, 2025
A video has been going viral on social media from a truck crash in California in June 2023. The driver was allegedly a Chinese national who could not speak English.
Chinese Truck Driver Unable to Speak English Obtains CDL in California & Causes Horrific Crash:
Shout out to @atutruckers who works hard to promote American truck drivers.
— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) September 25, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese Gov’t-Tied Network Training Illegal Immigrants To Drive Big Rigs In US https://t.co/Td77jQMFJN
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 6, 2025
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