EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The State Department’s pause on issuing work visas to foreign truck drivers so far is not having a major impact on the transportation to El Paso of goods and parts manufactured at maquiladoras in Juarez, Mexico, industry leaders say.

But it is sowing confusion and may drive up costs, augment a labor shortage, and delay deliveries in the interior of the United States if prolonged, they said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on August 21, said the federal government would stop issuing work visas for commercial truck drivers effective immediately.

The announcement came days after a citizen of India who is an undocumented migrant but allegedly secured a commercial driver's license in California was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide while making

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