The Trump administration is limiting economic opportunities for some immigrants on the road.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is now only granting Commercial Driver’s Licenses or CDLs to citizens or permanent residents like green card holders, which could put hundreds of thousands of immigrants across the country who already have CDLs and drive trucks or buses, out of work.

NY1 reports on the impact of the new rule on immigrants in the city who feel like their lives have been upended.

Wilson Mendoza Garcia wants to be a school bus driver. He’s been a delivery driver in the city for six years and drove a truck in his native Colombia before that.

He says he had to flee Bogota for asylum in the U.S. eight years ago.

“Just for looking for the best opportunities, jobs, for opportuniti

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